Pete... John Cooper made a very good point. If RPMs stayed high, you didn't really lose rate of climb. Are you sure it wasn't some sort of spasm in the static system?
Greg At 10:23 AM 11/11/99 -0500, Peter Hogan wrote: >I had an episode on takeoff last week of reduced power. RPM stayed at >2450 but rate of climb dropped from 650 to 400fpm. Thought it was carb >ice and pulled the heat.. Once at pattern altitude all seemed normal. >Back on ground at mag check and full static runup all seemed good. But >the next day after again a normal run up takeoff was only 200 to 400 fpm >with passanger aboard.. Got her down fast..Mechanic said it is probably >a sticky valve?? The Cont 90's will all have that problem sometime or >another ..Marvel Oil and TCP have both been mentioned. Annual is this >month and will not fly till this is cleared up..Any feedback would be >appreciated..Have 1894 hrs on her so a top does not seem resonable ..but >Madduck wants BIG $$$$$$$$..Could use the voices of experience ..
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