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  1. varlajo
    How do you combine Main and Electrical in one tab in your G3X? Mine has separate tabs for Main, Electrical, and Fuel, which irritates me to no end..
  2. varlajo
    Speed tape!!
  3. varlajo
    I don't have the requisite spine and testicular fortitude for such transition from operating a single knob to reliably covering three, which may all be at somewhat different position each time. Given that the mixture knob is the farthest from the original hand position, I think it's the one that is the easiest to miss or to accidentally slip off of. (I do not possess enough knowledge to comment on simultaneous operation of engine controls in a IO-550A).
  4. varlajo
    Nice plane, great price. Good luck!
  5. varlajo
    This is one of the very rare instances where I consciously break St. Busch / St. Deakin's commandments. The safety consideration of not having to move three levers in the correct order in a potentially high-stress situation of a go around due to a bounce, "baby on the runway", or something else wins, in my humble personal opinion, over the cylinder longevity consideration. As a matter of fact, in the end of descent the cylinders are comparatively cool anyways.
  6. varlajo
    What is your mixture position on landing? Full rich (per POH) or last cruise setting (per Deakin @ Co.)?
  7. varlajo
    Same. I routinely see 240..260 dF CHTs operating deep LOP in winter, and I am not particularly concerned about lead scavenging as I see zero evidence of deposits on spark plugs.
  8. varlajo
    I have been toying with this idea as well. Any opinions on whether a non-credit option, i.e. taking classes and graduating with a "vocational certificate" is of any use for potential FAA A&P certification?
  9. varlajo
    But the range will increase.
  10. varlajo
    Correct, the last cylinder to reach the desired LOP or ROP delta, which is not necessarily the last cylinder to peak.
  11. varlajo
    Totally agree, once you get to really know your engine. Took me a while to map fuel flow at various altitudes and to get used to some of my engine's quirks.
  12. varlajo
    I lean to the point where the lowest delta meets my requirements, e.g. for 50 LOP lean to -58..-61..-50..-57 or some such.
  13. varlajo
    Sounds about right. I don't have exactly the same data set as yours (I don't love either 20 LOP or 50 ROP setting at 6500 ft), but I go from 8.7 gph running 50 LOP at 11500 ft to 10.7 gph 100 ROP. This is running at WOT and 2450 RPM. 1971 M20E, A1A.
  14. varlajo
    Yes, William and Sara are a joy to work with. Highly recommended.
  15. varlajo
    Looking for relatively recent numbers. Thank you!!
  16. varlajo
    What do people put into their IO-360s in Europe?
  17. varlajo
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1759892076/piper-pa28-pilot-storm-window-latch Works very well for me.
  18. varlajo
    Hi Alan, do you still have the airspeed safety switch, p/n 880013-505, with mounting bracket? Thank you!
  19. varlajo
    Do you happen to have the p/n for the replacement switch? Thank you!
  20. varlajo
    Come on man, I just spat out quite a bit of a very, very decent wine!!
  21. varlajo
    Yep. No pointed tubes on my E.
  22. varlajo
    I am concerned that vented liquid will strip the paint... My tanks lose up to a gallon per side on hot summer days when topped off to the brim.
  23. varlajo
    @Marc_B Thank you. Thorough, succinct, and well documented.
  24. varlajo
    Don, how do you plan to deal with fuel venting caused by thermal expansion in summer?
  25. varlajo
    Enough evidence to determine? No, of course not, I never implied that.
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