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Old March 31st 04, 08:52 AM
Hilton
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Peter Duniho wrote:
Hilton wrote:
Some engines seem to shake a whole lot less on shutdown when set to 1000
RPM.


Then the instruction should be to *set* engine power 1000 RPM before
shutting down.

Telling a pilot to run the engine at 1000 RPM before shutting down is
ambiguous and could (probably will) lead to the pilot simply reducing RPM
before pulling the mixture, after running the engine at 1000 RPM.
Especially if the instruction is to run the engine at 1000 RPM "for a few
moments" (which would clearly imply to reduce RPM again before actually
shutting the engine down).


Quoting the full sentence: "...an instructor says that it is best to idle
the engine at
1,000 RPM for a few moments before Mixtu Idle Cut-Off at that
RPM to shut down."

So the CFI wanted Lisa to shutdown "...at that RPM" and this does not
"...clearly imply to reduce RPM".

Hope that clarifies it.

Hilton


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