On Thursday 04 March 2004 01:16, Ryan Larson wrote: > Matthew Law wrote: > > Is it usual to make the approach or initial climb-out with the mixture > > set full rich and prop fine in your aircraft? I'm just wondering > > because it's part of the downwind and pre-take off checks for the > > aircraft I fly (although I skip over the prop check because it's not CS). > > For takeoff the mixture should be set for maximum power.. aka on a hot > day or at high altitude, if you put the mixture full forward, you will > actually decrease the amount of power available and increase your > takeoff distance.. > > For landing it is advisable to make sure that your mixture is rich > enough to do a go around with full power. > > Ryan
I've got problems with the mixture on the Comper Swift, if anyone could have a look at it. The mixture needs to be set to about half of what I'd expect and the fuel consumption seems to be about double the figures I got for the engine. Other than that, the engine power and rpms are about right. I can't help thinking this might be due to the geared prop as the ratios seem close. LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
