About time -- Comanche 250

Tony wrote in message ...
The throttle was real stiff and my dad just wants to change it out. We
have an A&P to do work on the plane (he does lots of comanches)for
flying time and he said its no problem to change it, it take about 2
hours

I purchase a Comanche 260B, 1966 model, in 1993. Did an initial $10K
annual on it during which I replaced all three engine controls with
new venier controls. I move the controls to be in the correct order
(throttle, prop, mixture) and selected new controls with correct shape
and color coding. I never flew the airplane prior to that so I was
never "confused" :-). I had the change field approved, form 337. I
think the controls were from ACS, maybe purchased from Webco (you'll
want to know those guys). The tail number was N9059P, so you can find
the 337 in the FAA registry somewhere if you want to do the same
thing.

As to a venier throttle, I've got 1500 hours with one now (Comanche
260B, then T210L). I'd say you get used to it either way. I like
being able to give a slight twist to add or take an inch of manifold
pressure. I'm used to grasping it in such a way as to push in the
release. I do that for landings or in prep for go around.

The Comanche is a sweet airplane. Nice control feel, good performance
(out flys my T210L by a noticeable margin unless I'm way up high).
Can be tricky to land smoothly!

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Mike Ciholas (812) 476-2721 x101
CIHOLAS Enterprises (812) 476-2881 fax
255 S. Garvin St, Suite B
Evansville, IN 47713 http://www.ciholas.com