Running runup?

Do you do 'running' run-ups?

Yes. If you attend any of the major fly-ins your run-up will be a rolling
one.

Deb
--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)


"G. Burkhart" wrote in message
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When I did my training my CFI taught me to stop at the run-up area and
go through the run-up checklist. This was done at airports that had run-up
areas readily available. Fairly recently, I went with an instructor that
taught me to do a run-up during taxi on airports that don't have a run-up
area or require back taxi on the runway. Some of the local airstrips have
narrow (or no) taxiways and they lead right to the runway with little room
to stop to do a run-up so I've gotten into the habit of doing the run-up
while taxiing. I make sure to check outside to where I'm going while
checking the mag drops, etc. That way I'm ready for departure by the time
I
get to the runway, which is helpful when others are following behind me on
the taxiway, especially during fly-ins. Some airports require back taxi on
the runway from the ramp/taxiway and I'll do the (stopped) run-up before
getting on the runway or a run-up during the back taxi so I'm ready to go
when I turn around for departure.

"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
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Do you do 'running' run-ups?

Yes. If you attend any of the major fly-ins your run-up will be a rolling
one.

Deb
--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

You can add skis and floats to the list that require run-ups on the move.

Yes. If you attend any of the major fly-ins your run-up will be a rolling
one.

Amen.

If you stop to do a "proper" run-up right before departing OSH (or SNF),
you'll have four FAA guys in pink shirts absolutely apoplectic, jumping up
and down and waving flags at you! "Rolling" run-ups are sometimes your only
option.

Many times the traffic gets backed up considerably, however, and you can
kinda cock the plane to the side, and do a "real" run-up. Of course, then
you get into the discussion of WHEN to do your run-up.

If you do a run-up in line, and it's five or ten (or 20?) minutes till you
depart, you've lost much of the utility of doing a run-up. Isn't the idea
to do the run-up as close to departure as possible, to ensure that the
engine and prop are functioning properly at take-off?

It's probably my own paranoia, but I try to do my run-up right before
fire-walling the throttle so that nothing else has a chance to break in the
meantime.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Henry and Debbie McFarland wrote:

Do you do 'running' run-ups?

Yes. If you attend any of the major fly-ins your run-up will be a rolling
one.

I just checked out in a new (to me) club airplane. At some point, I was
taxiing and the CFI suggested I do something. I don't recall what it was,
but it wasn't one of the items that *must* be done while moving (ie.
checking for proper function of the AI, HI, and TC).

I reminded him that, if I did as he suggested with a certain other CFI in
the club for a checkout, I'd fail.

So I guess the right answer is "it depends".

- Andrew