Mooney successfully belly's in

Roger Halstead wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:17:09 -0400, Jack wrote:



Andrew Sarangan wrote:

Dan Truesdell wrote in news:40BCCA76.8090409
@ceaPLsofAtwNarEe.cSom:



All correct. One thing you could have done was just switch off the magnetos
rather than the mixture control. This will shut down the engine faster, and

Depending on the engine that can still leave fuel going to the
cylinders.

Right. That's why the normal shutdown procedure is to use the mixture. An
airplane engine continues to move fuel into the cylinders after it is shutdown
without starving it of gas, in no small part due to the big prop helping to spin
it around for a bit.



might cause the prop to stop too when the mags are grounded. Since you won't
be restarting the engine anytime soon, there is no reason to not stop the
engine with the magnetos.

When I pull the mixture, it's like a switch. No slowing, it just
quits.

Actually that is a good time to reach down and turn off the gas.

Agreed.