PTK Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 Does anyone care to share power/configuration settings for the 201? Quote
RayG Posted March 5, 2011 Report Posted March 5, 2011 Your POH has detailed power settings for a wide range of altitudes. Quote
FAST FLIGHT OPTIONS LLC Posted March 5, 2011 Report Posted March 5, 2011 Quote: allsmiles Does anyone care to share power/configuration settings for the 201? Quote
Jeff_S Posted March 5, 2011 Report Posted March 5, 2011 The POH does have tables, but who wants to have those printed out? They used to be silkscreened on the visor, but either those have been long replaced by a Rosen or are unreadable. And what's more, if you have a 4-cylinder engine monitor installed, then you can use that as your guide. With that in mind, here are my rules of thumb. Cruise Flight: <5500 Feet: 2400RPM/24", 20 LOP (or thereabouts, to keep CHTs <350) >5500 Feet: 2500RPM/WOT, 20 LOP (or thereabouts, to keep CHTs <350) Instrument approach: 2400RPM/20", in level flight this puts me at gear extension speed, then reduce manifold to 17" or thereabouts on decent with 10° flaps. Same basic settings for VFR in the pattern. Beyond these basic settings, I'm just futzing around to try stuff or deal with special situations. Quote
RayG Posted March 5, 2011 Report Posted March 5, 2011 http://www.kilohotel.com/rv8/rvlinks/IO360Apwr_chart.pdf Quote
PTK Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Posted March 6, 2011 Quote: Jeff_S Instrument approach: 2400RPM/20", in level flight this puts me at gear extension speed, then reduce manifold to 17" or thereabouts on decent with 10° flaps. Quote
Jeff_S Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 In level flight, 2400/20 gets me to below landing gear speed. So I'll drop gear before glideslope intercept (or FAF) which generally gets me to flap speed. I may futz just a touch to get to flap speed, so on descent I can drop 10° flap, reduce MP to 17" and glide right on in. Mind you, it doesn't work perfectly every time, but that's always my initial target. It's great fun to fly a fully-coupled approach and just play with power to nail the airspeed I want, then let the A/P do the rest. Quote
WardHolbrook Posted March 20, 2011 Report Posted March 20, 2011 I saw an iPod app that some guy put together that had the power settings for the IO-360. Quote
KLRDMD Posted March 20, 2011 Report Posted March 20, 2011 Quote: WardHolbrook I saw an iPod app that some guy put together that had the power settings for the IO-360. Quote
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