Mike Sylvester wrote: >>After a lot of discussion, We are blaming pilot error. While I was cruising at reduced power setting, I had leaned the engine, I think I had more throttle than the lean jet could handle when I tried to extend the down wind or possibly carb icing.<<
Probably too lean...I'd keep it close to full rich unless it's stumbling or something, until you can get it to altitude and see how far out you can lean it before a cylinder starts missing. Are you sure you're getting full travel on the mixture lever with your control knob? It didn't seem like enough travel, but that's all dependent on the geometry, so maybe so. I really doubt it could ice up that quickly, especially with the temps we've had lately. Anytime the engine starts stumbling, my number one suspect is mixture. This is where one glance at the mixture meters usually clears the matter up in a microsecond... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com
