On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:56:51 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote in
:


"Jay Honeck" wrote:


But I do believe that repeated and sudden applications of full power
are harder on an engine than steady-state operation.

But *why* do you believe it? Why is it the worst thing you can do to your
engine?

And why would a pilot use sudden movements of the controls? Aren't we
taught to be smooth?