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Re: Europa-List: 5 minute limit

Subject: Re: Europa-List: 5 minute limit
From: Gilles Thesee <Gilles.Thesee@acgrenoble.fr>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:32:02

Simon Smith a crit :

>
>I've scoured all the books but I have a question to which I cannot find the
>answer.
> 
>Assuming you have run at 5800rpm for 5 minutes and then reduced power, when
>can you increase again?  Clearly it is not a 5min total for the whole life
>of the engine, and I doubt that the other extreme of simply reducing to
>5500rpm and immediately going back to 5800rpm applies either. Clearly the
>answer lies somewhere in between but where?  Once per hour? Once per engine
>start?  Once per TCU power-up? Something else???
> 
>  
>
Hi Simon and all,

Good question indeed.
We chose to adopt once per takeoff.
And I retard to 100% power as soon as I'm airborne and climbing.

Regards,
Gilles Thesee
Grenoble, France
http://contrails.free.fr



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