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From: Wessex
IFT - off topic but your incident reminded me of when I was running in a new engine in a Falke from an airfield to the north of Oxford, pulled carb heat & after a few moments the engine slowly ground to a halt, the starter only turned the engine slowly & would not re-start -diving for speed was not an option as I only had just enough height to glide back. Some while later the penny dropped & all was well again - I was flooding the engine with fuel as a result of pulling the choke! All handles colour coded from there on it 
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From: Nanaimo (CAC8)
Rocket2,
Ah yes. The choke on the Motorfalke. I had forgotten about that! I never made that mistake, but I do remember how easily students were scared by the dive re-start!
Simon
Ah yes. The choke on the Motorfalke. I had forgotten about that! I never made that mistake, but I do remember how easily students were scared by the dive re-start!
Simon
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From: Asia's Fine City
Not so much flooding as fuel starvation but par for the course when spinning (fully developed) carburated Robin 2160s.
A rather unnerving feeling whirling around with the airframe shaking as the engine coughs itself silent .....then a wonderful sssshhhhhh sound.
Exit spin, apply some g and the engine (hopefully) splutters back to life
If it doesn't then time to look for that emergency landing field that you identified before entering the spin
A rather unnerving feeling whirling around with the airframe shaking as the engine coughs itself silent .....then a wonderful sssshhhhhh sound.
Exit spin, apply some g and the engine (hopefully) splutters back to life
If it doesn't then time to look for that emergency landing field that you identified before entering the spin
