Pilot-34
Well-Known Member
I’m more than a little bit tired of hearing automotive engines can’t handle the duty cycle of an aircraft engine.
Apparently, everybody else out there flies by fire Walling the engine for five minutes, then leaving it at either 75% or 100% for the rest of the flight.
Is there anybody else out there that isn’t flying directly at top speed to a destination four hours away?
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy working on short field proficiency . What are you doing in that? I am using 100% of the engine for a couple of minutes and then a few minutes of 30% and then quite often a couple of minutes of idle.
I’m pulling these numbers out of my posterior, but they seem about right oops I forgot about the 10% duty cycle as I taxi out down to the far end of the strip.
Sometimes I takeoff from an 11,000 foot runway without using full throttle. Other times I enjoy flying slow and quite often kind of low enjoying the scenery.
Do any of the rest of you have any ideas on what actual duty cycles you use and how much?
Apparently, everybody else out there flies by fire Walling the engine for five minutes, then leaving it at either 75% or 100% for the rest of the flight.
Is there anybody else out there that isn’t flying directly at top speed to a destination four hours away?
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy working on short field proficiency . What are you doing in that? I am using 100% of the engine for a couple of minutes and then a few minutes of 30% and then quite often a couple of minutes of idle.
I’m pulling these numbers out of my posterior, but they seem about right oops I forgot about the 10% duty cycle as I taxi out down to the far end of the strip.
Sometimes I takeoff from an 11,000 foot runway without using full throttle. Other times I enjoy flying slow and quite often kind of low enjoying the scenery.
Do any of the rest of you have any ideas on what actual duty cycles you use and how much?
