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Robert M. Gary wrote: Jerry wrote: Most important control Start switch Or stop switch. When I had the Chief I once had a bad mag ground that prevented the mags from shutting off. Since the Chief has no idle cut off mixture all I could do was to shut the fuel valve off and sit and wait, and wait, and wait. -Robert With the old Stromberg carbs on those things one can maybe run the RPM up to 1200 or so, yank it back to idle, and just as the engine is reaching its lowest RPM you slam the throttle wide open. It'll usually quit. The lean mixture on decreasing RPM and the lack of an accelerator pump will starve it enough to quit. But it's still better to run it out of fuel, for safety. I do that with my A-65. Dan |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com... Most important control Radio transmit Hey, I'm a "Use the radio, dammit!" guy from way back -- but even I wouldn't rate the transmit button as my "most important control"... Maybe number three or so... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message oups.com... Type of plane I have a VFR Cessna 150. Most important control Radio transmit Least important control Pitot heat (if you need it, you shouldn't be flying) Never working control Parking brake Scariest control Landing light (when it suddenly failed during a night landing) Control I never use Transponder test Control in the wrong place Fuel shutoff (right where me feet can kick it) Control I fixate about Mixture Control that impresses non-pilot passengers GPS on button |
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Lee McGee Mount Aukum, California "Steve Foley" wrote in message news:xpfbh.6539$ki3.5887@trndny01... Gas Cap "Jerry" wrote in message m... Most important control Start switch Jerry "Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message oups.com... Type of plane I have a VFR Cessna 150. Most important control Radio transmit .................................................. ........................... .............. |
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"Roger" wrote in message
... On 27 Nov 2006 23:22:45 -0800, "Charles Talleyrand" wrote: ... I was not thinking of the yoke or pedals as controls. I was thinking more buttons and knobs. If they count ... then it's the elevator. Nah. You should be able to fly using ailerons and trim without the elevator. I had one instructor have me land doing just that. The AOPA even put out a video on doing it. ... I dunno that I would want to have to land, but I did manage to fly about an hour with just the trim and skooching back and forth between the left and right seats. (C-120) -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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: Because I fly a VFR Cessna 150. When would I need pitot heat assuming
: the weather was good enough to fly in the first place. In other : words, : if I need pitot heat, what I really needed was better decision making : before takeoff. : To each, his or her own limits. However, pitot heat isn't only useful in : below freezing conditions. It used to be a practice to have the pitot : heat on before flight into visible moisture. I realize you mentioned VFR : only Charles, but it seems to me that this thread was tending to suggest : that pitot heat was for use during below freezing conditions, and that's : just not always the case. One of the most surprising cases of airframe icing I've encountered in my PA28-180 was in VMC under VFR near Kenosha, WI... -Cory -- ************************************************** *********************** * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************** *********************** |
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On 26 Nov 2006 19:51:09 -0800, "Charles Talleyrand"
wrote: Type of plane I have a VFR Cessna 150. Most important control Radio transmit Least important control Pitot heat (if you need it, you shouldn't be flying) Never working control Parking brake Scariest control Landing light (when it suddenly failed during a night landing) Control I never use Transponder test Control in the wrong place Fuel shutoff (right where me feet can kick it) Control I fixate about Mixture Control that impresses non-pilot passengers GPS on button starter...dont leave home without it |
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