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At 09:47 AM 6/6/03 -0600, MAGIC VAC wrote:
>I understand that the accepted method of killing an aircraft engine is to
>go full lean/cut off and starve it to death.
True enough, Larry. If your plane admits to such.
> But...on my Coupe, you couldn't lean it enough for it to die. My
> mixture wasn't wired full rich, and it did work to lean the engine at
> high altitude, but it would not shut the fuel completely off.
Granted that leaning just adjusts the fuel-to-air mixture; it does not
completely shut off either. I do not use the mixture. I use
the valve between my header tank and the carb.
> I did however try putting it in gear and popping the clutch, but I
> couldn't get the knack so I stopped trying.
>
Neither did I!
Percy in Portland
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