Comments on: Wind and the TAF

By: Rants and Revelations » I feel better about that decision

Rants and Revelations » I feel better about that decision — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:13:24 +0000

[...] Yesterday and early this morning there was a lot of wind shear in the forecast - David Megginson comments on it (in context of Watertown’s forecast, which was similar to Rochester’s) over on his blog. It appears that whatever weather mechanism was making strong winds just above the ground yesterday is extending down to the ground today. [...]

By: david

david — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:22:15 +0000

Thanks for the comment, phil.

The Warrior has the same problem with lack of temperature instrumentation: just oil temp and EGT (single cylinder). Unless you always fly full rich, though, that’s a problem no matter where you put the mixture. The normal ROP lean setting is not too far about peak cylinder head temperatures, so you’re even more likely to have a hot cylinder there than you are flying LOP-WOT.

By: phil

phil — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 20:37:42 +0000

very informative blog.
Thanks

btw - I like the idea of cruising LOP (wide open throttle style), but the 172 does not have enough temp guages to assure me.

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:55:23 +0000

You first.