Doran Jaffas
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Hello All,
As many of you know I have an 0-200 powered Tailwind W8. Not many with this engine I have been told. Reason? Several, mostly about speed.
I am an oddity of sorts I guess but speed is not the primary requirement for me. It needs to be married with at least reasonable climb or in my case..more than reasonable climb and yes, I am willing to sacrifice some speed...to a point. That being said, my new propeller does a good job of being a reasonable compromise of speed with an accelerated climb rate. This is matched to the above mentioned power plant. Which brings me to the title of the thread.
It turns out that this engine requires leaning before take off, during climb and cruise. If that is not done, you get a real good impersonation of an ignition issue, even at lower altitudes. Can give one a hmmmm moment and cause ones wife to be uncomfortable. I have complete confidence in 625MS and having flown it today in hot and humid weather for 2 hrs with no issues now that I'm doing the leaning . Felt great.
Anyone else experienced this?
Picture was taken today making a low pass down 27 at KY70-Ionia, Michigan.
As many of you know I have an 0-200 powered Tailwind W8. Not many with this engine I have been told. Reason? Several, mostly about speed.
I am an oddity of sorts I guess but speed is not the primary requirement for me. It needs to be married with at least reasonable climb or in my case..more than reasonable climb and yes, I am willing to sacrifice some speed...to a point. That being said, my new propeller does a good job of being a reasonable compromise of speed with an accelerated climb rate. This is matched to the above mentioned power plant. Which brings me to the title of the thread.
It turns out that this engine requires leaning before take off, during climb and cruise. If that is not done, you get a real good impersonation of an ignition issue, even at lower altitudes. Can give one a hmmmm moment and cause ones wife to be uncomfortable. I have complete confidence in 625MS and having flown it today in hot and humid weather for 2 hrs with no issues now that I'm doing the leaning . Felt great.
Anyone else experienced this?
Picture was taken today making a low pass down 27 at KY70-Ionia, Michigan.
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