JPI install details (long)

Jon Woellhaf wrote:
Yes. The idea is to lean at idle until you get near the point of stopping
the engine. Try to takeoff that way and the engine will stall. Don't ask me
how I know. g

Most likely the same way I know the Navion breaks ground in an
incredibly short distance if you take off with the full (37 degrees)
of flaps. It won't climb worth crap though, I don't recommend it
for short fields.

In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I don't know what it is, but my engine doesn't seem to run as smoothly
after sitting outside in driving rain for days on end. Dunno if the
spark plug wires are getting soaked, or what?

After a good rain and high humidity, get the airplane out of the hangar
with the cowling off. Find a dark place on the airport and start the
engine. If the plug wires are bad, you will see them "glow" as power is
applied.

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"Jim Burns" wrote:

We don't have the Shadin yet. It's my next project. As far as our Piper
FF, it's a joke, but it's consistent, so I assume we could have it
calibrated and it would be more usefull. Our normal cruise fuel burn at
10k feet and full throttle is 22 gph, down lower it runs 25gph. We've
confirmed this dozens of times over hundereds of hours. The Piper gauge
shows 16.5gph per side, 33gph, or higher.

I can tell you that the originally installed Piper ff gauge reads 2 gph
higher than the FS-450. The fuel totalizer is calibrated and is always
within 0.1 gallons when the tanks are refilled.