Emergency Procedures

john smith wrote:
In article ,
Ron Natalie wrote:

Al wrote:

There is indeed. In my experience, cycling the prop on a windmilling engine
has no effect. I'm talking about a constant speed prop on a single engine
aircraft, in this case a Mooney 201. Windmill RPM was about 800, and no
amount of pulling on the prop control would change that RPM. Obviously, if
the RPM doesn't change, the prop pitch didn't change, and the glide is not
affected.
Certainly seems to make a difference on an idling engine. I expect
that my engine at idle is not developing much thrust (for she'll die
when it's hot once I roll out unless I give her a little gas).

Ron, is your engine injected?
If it is, you need to adjust the idle mixture to prevent the starvation.

Yes, it is actually probably too rich at idle. It's on my list, it
only happens on excessively hot days.