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seagull writes:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:31:40 -0800, "Ted Wagner"
wrote:

Okay ... ignorant but proud pure glider pilot asking here ... what
is "idle thrust"? First cousin of "military intelligence" and "jumbo
shrimp"?

Power levers fully retarded to flight idle. ie: Minimum thrust.

In lay analogy, coasting along with your foot completely _off_ the
car's accelerator pedal with the engine idling at min rpm - or
flying a piston at min throttle setting.

Flight Idle, low power setting, but higher than Ground Idle. Have the
fire go out on an aproach is not a good idea. When you are taxiing it
is only an embaresment, so FI is a few % higher than GI to provide
a better margin, and to compensate some for the ram recovery.

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