My wife getting scared

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:53:59 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Jay Honeck" wrote

I have no statistics to back
this up, but I think it's the application of full power from idle (as
in a go-round, touch and go, or engine out emergency landing practice)
that causes the most wear and tear.


I really don't understand your thoughts on this stance, Jay.

I know you have said you slowly apply power for takeoffs, but if you did
that at the end of the engine out emergency landing practice, how is that
different than takeoffs?


Exact point I was going to make. You take off at least once every flight
anyway, so why worry about it? And as Matt says, running the engine
before the oil has spread through it is probably a lot worse. When I was
learing to start my fuel-injected engine, I ran it close to 2000rpm by
accident after starting, a couple of times. That really bothered me and
I expected John Deakin to show up and yell at me. I quickly learned the
importance of throttle position.




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