The Ghost of Andy Granatelli Tuned My Airplane!

have the current tach calibrated before replacement.. those cheap hold in
your hand and look at the prop works pretty good.

BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Friday, one of my partners and I changed the oil. Afterwards, we took it
up
for a spin to reward ourselves. As I rotated, I glanced down at the tach
and was rather horrified. Redline on the Archer is 2,700 RPM. We were
turning 3,300! 600 RPM over redline.

Great story -- thanks, Bob.

Question: I can understand how a tach fails and shows "zero" RPM -- but
how does it fail and show *higher* RPM?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We did that a few weeks ago when it first started reading high. We found
that on the ground, it was consistently 10% high. However, in the air,
particularly this time, it was reading considerably higher and bouncing
around. I understand that one failure mode is for the shaft bearing to wear
and let the rotating magnet touch the aluminum drag cup. When this happens
it reads high and bounces around. Ergo, order a new tach.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"BTIZ" wrote in message
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have the current tach calibrated before replacement.. those cheap hold in
your hand and look at the prop works pretty good.

BT