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TomParsons Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 2. "RE: A Question for 'Ask the A&P'" 09-10-02, 14:39z  I plan on starting at the beginning (primary and/or sportsman), and working my way up from there. I think it may be a while before I do lots of gyroscopics or anything. I was actually thinking more along the lines of some people keeping the throttle wide open on the back side of loops and on downlines, revving the engine up to 3100 RPM or more, when I mentioned "hard flying". And I guess I could certainly subject an engine to that kind of hard use, even flying the sportsman sequence. I was working at the IAC Chapter 52 contest (a.k.a., the Kathy Jaffe Challenge) this past weekend, and I got the chance to chat with Danny Adams from Aviat about this. His opinion was that 1) I should try not to let the engine rev much above 3000 or 3100, and 2) if I change the oil often, I should be able to get 1400 hours out of the engine. Tom P. P.S. This was the first contest I'd been to. Even though I didn't fly, I had a great time, learned a lot, and met a bunch of wonderful people. Ann Salcedo came all the way up from Florida to be our VC- after just a few days, I feel like I have a new "adoapted sistah"! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      A Question for 'Ask the A&P'    TomParsons       09-05-02              RE: A Question for 'Ask the A&P'    Patty_Wagstaff       09-10-02       1            RE: A Question for 'Ask the A&P'    TomParsons       09-10-02       2

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