At altitudes above 7.5 I adjust my percentage of power with altitude, not
with throttle. I thought that's what everybody did. I'm normally
flying at around 55% or less with WOT at the cruise altitudes I use.
I'll now shut up on the subject. Here's an article by Mike Busch that
explains all th
In the "tired of making corrections for one day" category, 3050 rpms would
be in the low 80's for percent power of my normal cruise speed.
Also, looking at the Diehl wing skin installation drawing, it appears as
though stock aft spar WAFs (wing attach fittings) are used, so yes, they are
appare
Mike Stirewalt wrote:
>as a pilot I do wonder why anyone would ever fly around (except for
>the occasions mentioned above) using partial throttle.
Peter's got it right regarding efficiency. On long cross country flights,
I'm usually going to OSH or SNF, and I plan for 40 mpg @160 mph TAS.
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