Leaning the C172 aircraft?
I am a quite new pilot but I've really never understood how exactly I should lean my C172 aircraft properly.
I do understand that I should be on the rich side of peak. I have EGT and RPM instruments.
But how fast should I lean? Should you drag the mixture control out first or should you from the beginning only start to turn the knob for it to go out slowly? Or a combination dragging and then turning the knob?
I tried once to get the EGT to peak. First it went higher and higher. But it never turned to go any lower. It just kept going higher and higher until the RPM dropped more and more.
What did I do wrong?