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Old July 8th 06, 05:53 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
BTIZ
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Default The Ghost of Andy Granatelli Tuned My Airplane!

have the current tach calibrated before replacement.. those cheap hold in
your hand and look at the prop works pretty good.

BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Friday, one of my partners and I changed the oil. Afterwards, we took it
up
for a spin to reward ourselves. As I rotated, I glanced down at the tach
and was rather horrified. Redline on the Archer is 2,700 RPM. We were
turning 3,300! 600 RPM over redline.


Great story -- thanks, Bob.

Question: I can understand how a tach fails and shows "zero" RPM -- but
how does it fail and show *higher* RPM?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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