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Fuel injected and there is an engine monitor. The engine is a Lycoming IO-540 C4B5. I did a little more reading and it's getting more complicated. I guess a GAMI lean test would be in order, then maybe buy expensive GAMI injectors, spend time tuning them, etc. I guess for now the pull til...

First off, I would like to avoid the discussion of whether running LOP is acceptable. That is for a zillion other threads out there. Assume it's ok. My question is, how does one run LOP? I was taught to lean until the engine starts sounding rough, and then to turn in the mixture knob a...

Scott, I 'm in Watertown too. You probably have Mike or Eric as your instructor. Fly as often as you can for your private pilot, because once winter hits you'll have to wait months before getting into the air again and you'll spend a lot of time relearning how to fly. None of the instructors...

Just for clarification. When I did my primary training in a 150, it was not hard to approach gross, especially since I was pretty anal about flying with full fuel. I weigh 200lbs and I think my instructor weighed about the same if not a little more. This was always with no baggage. Also, the...

The way it was explained to me is that the upper limit of the flap arc is the maximum speed for deployment of full flaps. Therefore partial flaps would not cause over stress. Whether this is true or not I don't know. As for flying over gross, I would be more apt to criticize my instructor if...

Thanks for the replies Jesse. I know that I'll tend to be a more "by the books" kind of guy and your advice seems sound. At the same time, my CFI has over 15,000 hours, flew for airlines, and started flying before my dad was born. It would be weird telling him "well, this isn't safe," or...

I've done this procedure with flaps in a 172 and an 1966 Mooney M20E. Neither POH says it's ok, but my CFI has had me do it a couple of times in flight. When I asked him how to know it was ok to do so he gave the same response, "you'll figure it out with experience." To me that seems really...

2 questions about flaps 1. So the upper end of the white arc is the maximum speed for full flaps, but my instructor has had me deploy partial flaps above that speed in order to slow down if needed. Basically to use partial flaps as speed brakes. How do I know what airspeed is ok to deploy...