Fellow Europe types greetings,
We have at long last received our
permit
and managed to get some flying in on UL, pretty impressed too !! Couple
of points some of you might be able to shed some light on if you please.
Firstly having thoroughly warmed the aircraft to 100 deg C both oil and water,
within minutes of take off both are back around 50 - 60 at 5000 RPM, any lower
revs and the guages hardly register, is this as others experience ? We are
begining
to consider plans to restrict the air outlets from the radiators. The ambient
at ground level has been circa 11 - 13 deg C during these flights at between
2 - 3000 feet.
Secondly, considering fuel. Currently we simply use the cheap unleaded from
Tesco's,
in my previous life racing cars we always mixed the unleaded with higher
grades and octanes, what do you guys run and have you noticed any improvements
in performance / economy / condition of oil following change / plugs etc ?
Any thoughts / experiences greatly received
Regards
Tony.
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