Larry, I am sure you will get a flood of mail on this one. As for me personally, I use the 100 degrees over OAT in climb OR cruise. I have never had an engine let me down after 46 years of flying. George Frebert
On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 12:00:41 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anyone flying out there? I hadn't gone up in over a month. Hadn't > even started her up. Shame one me. So Saturday I decided to go up. My > neighbor happened to be in his front yard as I left the house, so I > decided to take him up with me. Brave man this neighbor. Anyway, It > was headed for 100 degrees this day. We hit the airport, did the > preflight, and hit the starter. With the exception that it took a > couple of extra squirts of prime, and a few anxious moments guessing if > it'd fire before the battery died, she fired and as usual ran like a > top. We had a discussion on static RPM the other day, so I decided to > see what my C-85 would do. 2200 RPM. Like I said, it was hot. We took > off and headed west on a gentle 90 mph climb. After about 2500 ft, at > full throttle and a little leaning, the oil temp approached the 212 > degree mark. The first time she's ever got up that warm. I had to cut > back to 2100 rpm and go full rich to get her back to 190 f. I know > we've had this discussion about oil temp, but this was the first time I > went out with ground temp approaching 100 degrees. So, my question. > I've heard the reports that oil temp should be approx 100 degrees over > air temp. But, is that keeping her at full throttle, or is that backed > out a little? Those of you that don't overheat, can you get your temps > up if you keep the "pedal to the metal?" Second question: I'm still > running Shell 80. Will changing to 100 help in the oil temp > department? I'm going to change anyway, but I'm curious about the temp. > thing. > > Larry > > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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