Duncan,
You've got me there. Surely if you have already pulled the throttle back to t
he stop on the carb., pulling the lever any more will not make any differenc
e at all. Unless I am missing something.
Dave Watts
G-BXDY Classic Monowheel (Still just short of 2000hrs. But at least we are n
ow flying again from our previously waterlogged airfield, so another week sh
ould see us over the magic number, and loving every minute of it)
On 1 Jun 2013, at 08:52, "Duncan & Ami" <ami-mcfadyean@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Whilst complying with the LAA requirement for a throttle stop, it's useful
to set up the cables so that the carb stops are reached first, followed clo
sely by the stop on the throttle lever itself if the lever is deliberately p
ulled closed against the throttle lever stop. This limits any excess strain
that can be applied to the cables, but provides a useful facility to tempor
arily pull down the idle speed in flight (which in any case will still alway
s be well above the static setting, as the forward motion drives the prop). A
s soon as the deliberate backpressure on the lever is released, 'normal serv
ice' is resumed
> This facility makes a usefully large addition to rate of descent and is he
lpful for landing in to short strips; it's like having an airbrake!
>
> Duncan McF.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-ser
ver@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carl Pattinson
> Sent: 30 May 2013 09:23
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Europa-List: Throttle Stops
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> I seem to recall in the early days of Europa that the PFA dictated that we
should install a physical throttle stop on the throttle lever (in the cockp
it).
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> I have never really understood the purpose of this as the carburettors hav
e their own stops as IMHO one seems to fight against the other. As soon as y
ou increase the idle RPM using the adjuster screws on the carb, the throttle
lever is pulled forward by the cables, moving the lever away from the cockp
it stop.
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> We have flown quite happily with the carb stop limiting the slow running w
ith a gap of about 2 mm between the rear of the throttle lever and the stop
block (tufnol). However, we have just overhauled the carbs and are resetti
ng the balances etc so were wondering if this omission needs to be addressed
=93 it would just be a matter of elongating the holes in the throttle
stop.
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> Reading through various articles on Rotax/ Bing carburettor balancing I no
te that these also stress the need for a cockpit end stop but give no explan
ation as to why.
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> I=99m sure there is a good reason, just need someone to cast some li
ght on this.
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