Grumman Tr2s have a WOT spring on them and thank goodness they do. Years
ago, shortly after coming out of an annual inspection that included a carb
rebuild the throttle push/pull came unhooked due to the nut falling off of
the swivel. The throttle went wide open and allowed me to go to my
I have a Zenith carburetor on my 2180 VW. I installed a WOT spring on the
throttle plate shaft that would open the throttle in case the the throttle
control linkage disconnected for whatever reason. The logic is to have the
engine run full RPM rather than idle for a forced landing with no thr
If it breaks once, that's once too often. I would find a weaker spring
that maybe doesn't hold the throttle absolutely wide open, but as close
as possible while allowing normal throttle control at the low power
settings.
Chris
On 6/18/2015 5:56 PM, Sid Wood via KRnet wrote:
> I have a Zenith c
n the system so the throttle stays where I put it.
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Subject: KR> Wide Open Throttle (WOT) Spring
From: Sid Wood via KRnet
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Date: Thu, June 18, 2015 4:56 pm
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I have a Zenith carburetor on my 2180 VW. I install
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