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Old 16th Feb 2016, 20:44
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Squawk7700
 
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Originally Posted by no_one
I just fly with a Rotax. It has a throttle that I push in to make the engine noisier and then I go flying....
.... and whilst flying your Rotax you are wasting up to 25% of your unleaded or Avgas fuel due to the lack of altitude compensation in your twin Bing carburetor set-up! With the simplicity, also comes a manufacturer built in nufty buffer which isn't your fault but it costing you money.

(Of course please ignore that if you are running a 912 IS model)
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