27/09
It's almost impossible to stuff up a cold start but I've seen plenty of botched hot starts. There's one flying school not far from here who's students seem to have no end of bother with hot starts on their injected C172's.
I tend to agree, cold ones present less opportunity to stuff up. One is not harder, just some find ways to create that scenario.
I would bet your local school 172's are not being started exactly as I describe. There will be all manner of throttle positions, mixture, priming and hence the problems.
The engine, provided it has good plugs, good mags and a F/A ratio that is right, WILL start every time. No argument. The pilot controls the F/A ratio and assuming the engine is "conforming to spec" all you do is get the F/A ratio right.
Some Lycoming operators who apply a bit of TCM start procedure (seen this a lot) always have problems. I bet that is what you are observing.
