Whew! Glad I didn't ask anything political!

OK, things to clarify:

In the Arrow on downwind I've already pulled out a lot of power and flattening
the prop really does have minimal noise effect.

In the Six, which has a three-blade prop, I have to carry more power of course.
Next time I fly it, I am going to listen more carefully while flattening the
prop on downwind and see if there is much noise effect. I haven't been aware
that there is. That airplane, though, is quieter than anything else in our
fleet (Archers, Warriors, the Arrow) because of the prop. So maybe not an issue
there either, even with the O-540.

I like to run my checklist, really a "flow," on downwind, base and turning
final. And I like all three to be the same because the point of doing it
multiple times is that if I get distracted by ATC, traffic, or airplane
problems, any one of them will have gotten the job done. It's a matter of
style, I guess.

Things learned/confirmed:

The issue is only noise; no engine issues that I heard anyway.

I like Bob Gardner's suggestion that going full forward may not be necessary at
all unless the tactical situation demands it. One more thing to remember on
final, however.

I like the several suggestions that the go-around mantra be "everything forward"
-- in fact I wish I had been drilled on that one while training for my Private.

Thanks,
Mitty


On 11/21/04 5:51 PM, Mitty wrote the following:
I've been taught to set the prop to high RPM on final, but I don't like
this very much because then, when I run my checklist for the first time
on downwind, I have to leave one item "open."

So what's wrong with doing it on downwind? (This in a Cherokee 6 or and
Arrow) It seems to work fine, does not disarrange the engine, etc. I
suppose there is some small noise increase, but hardly much.

So (1) is everyone taught to do it on final? (2) Why? (3) What's wrong
with doing it on downwind?

TIA