On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:28:09 -0500, "Rob Montgomery"
wrote:

Not to pick nits... but... doesn't an idle engine put out some thrust?

I asked my friend/CFI about this. He reckoned that it netted out to
about zero, and that I probably wouldn't notice the difference.

The only time the plane ever moved when the engine was at idle was on
glare ice. Then it taxied so fast that the only way I could negotiate
the turns (race-track oval plowed out) was to switch to right magneto,
the one that shows the greater drop.


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