NickG Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 Big thanks to @Deb for showing me the way! I never realized how much these birds love LOP. I do a lot of X-Country (2 trips Vegas to Texas in the last 3 weeks alone) and after offering me advice and pointing me to to Pelican’s Perch I think I’ve got it! 20 LOP of thereabouts generally gets me 172-174KTAS at between 11.4- 12 GPH. WOT, 2550RPM. Climb is WOT and lean to keep at 1250 EGT all the way to altitude. Love to hear from others what you get LOP. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragsf15e Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 4 hours ago, NickG said: Big thanks to @Deb for showing me the way! I never realized how much these birds love LOP. I do a lot of X-Country (2 trips Vegas to Texas in the last 3 weeks alone) and after offering me advice and pointing me to to Pelican’s Perch I think I’ve got it! 20 LOP of thereabouts generally gets me 172-174KTAS at between 11.4- 12 GPH. WOT, 2550RPM. Climb is WOT and lean to keep at 1250 EGT all the way to altitude. Love to hear from others what you get LOP. Excellent! Yes, LOP is the way to go in many cases. Your CHT temps will be cooler (in general) too, so good for the long term engine health. Just be careful leaning as you climb. It’s fine (and I do it as well) but you need to keep an eye on your chts. If the OAT is very high or you are a little slow or maybe lean a little too much, it’s possible to get your chts hot real fast. Just don’t overdo a good thing… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL757 Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 @NickG - that's exactly where you should be...consistently. Next thing I'll hear is that you're making TBO and beyond with that engine. :-) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted August 26 Author Report Share Posted August 26 18 minutes ago, Ragsf15e said: Excellent! Yes, LOP is the way to go in many cases. Your CHT temps will be cooler (in general) too, so good for the long term engine health. Just be careful leaning as you climb. It’s fine (and I do it as well) but you need to keep an eye on your chts. If the OAT is very high or you are a little slow or maybe lean a little too much, it’s possible to get your chts hot real fast. Just don’t overdo a good thing… Thanks! Yes.. I watch them like a hawk!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted August 26 Author Report Share Posted August 26 1 minute ago, StevenL757 said: @NickG - that's exactly where you should be...consistently. Next thing I'll hear is that you're making TBO and beyond with that engine. :-) I REALLY hope so! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlifeflyer Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 Interesting about that 20 LOP. There are multiple cruise performance charts in newer Bonanza G36 models (same engine). Two are based on flying 20 LOP. So LOP is apparently coming into the mainstream. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted August 26 Author Report Share Posted August 26 3 minutes ago, midlifeflyer said: Interesting about that 20 LOP. There are multiple cruise performance charts in newer Bonanza G36 models (same engine). Two are based on flying 20 LOP. So LOP is apparently coming into the mainstream. I believe John Deakin author of Pelican's Perch articles flew a Bonanza so I'm assuming that much of his advice comes from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthboundMisfit Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 @NickG Is your display able to show all cylinder data (EGT and CHT) simultaneously? Curious to see actual temps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted Thursday at 03:57 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:57 PM 17 hours ago, EarthboundMisfit said: @NickG Is your display able to show all cylinder data (EGT and CHT) simultaneously? Curious to see actual temps. Yes, it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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