PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Setting high idle vs leaning
View Single Post
Old 6th Jun 2015, 21:36
  #4 (permalink)  
BigEndBob
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: uk
Posts: 1,042
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The problem is, does lean for taxi going to cook the cylinders?
Does 1200 provide enough cooling when stationary?

I think it's the Piper PA28 manual says something like 'don't idle for more than 2 minutes summer or 4 minutes winter'.
Why, will the engine overheat.
Also no requirement to see oil temp rise into green.
If throttle responds without hesitation, take off.

Unlike some checklists that say t & p's green, well if the temp. isn't, going to sit there for 10 minutes warming engine.

Plug fouling more likely due all the rubbish recon engines burning oil.
BigEndBob is offline