Thanks 'zlin77' you pretty much expanded on what I said about the Doves.
One day after T/of @ EN I couldn't get the gear up do low air press (that was from extensive use of brakes taxiing too the rwy) & the twr guys said yr gear is still down, I guess I was dumb to get into the plane in the first place!
On the application of pwr the 2x IO720's (as was the Riley conversion of the Dove) the fuel flow gauges went off the scale!
Did you have any engine failures? With say 3 left to play with that's plenty of levers left to fondle
Wmk2