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The engine is finally back!
BTIZ wrote: I'll echo that... we did an overhaul by a local shop. Piper Pawnee O-540-235HP with STC to 250HP Then it was start and go.. no ground time.. it was 100F out and we did not want to overheat on the ground... FULL Power climb to 10,000MSL where the outside temps were cooler and we could run it full throttle at cruise. Well, glad to hear it's still doing OK, but in a normally aspirated engine, you're not gonna' make the higher power settings you need for a good breakin at 10,000msl. You're prolly not going to be able to make much more than 55% power, even *at* full throttle. Would have been better to stay lower where you could make 65-75% power with that engine during those critical, first break-in hours. |
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