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Alchemy · August 25th, 2003, 00:01

I'm aware of this JT, which is why I've been prohibited from performing the initial power reduction in a turn. While it is important to have adequate altitude before reducing power, I'd venture to say that 500 ft is a good enough compromise between the risk of having a power reduction induced engine failure and minimizing the time spent redlining the engines in a light twin. Speaking of which, do you ever synch up the props before your 1000 AGL power reduction? The seneca I'm flying doesn't sync up very well at all with props full forward and full throttle. It would seem almost unnatural to climb all the way to 1000 AGL (around 1.5-2 mins of flight time) with the props red lined and out of sync like that.

I'll approach my CFI with some of these articles (thanks Ed) and see what he has to say, but I'm not going to ditch a CFI who I've already flown 150+ hours dual and passed 3 checkrides with because of this one engine managment issue, important as it may be. It's not as if he's pulling this stuff out of his @ss, he was trained at ATP less than 2 years ago so I can only assume that's the way they teach things there, wrong or right.

I appreciate the help John, annonman, everyone else and sorry for semi-hijacking your thread Ed.

August 25th, 2003, 00:01	#22
Alchemy Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 1,849	Re: Arrow climb power - 25-squared? I'm aware of this JT, which is why I've been prohibited from performing the initial power reduction in a turn. While it is important to have adequate altitude before reducing power, I'd venture to say that 500 ft is a good enough compromise between the risk of having a power reduction induced engine failure and minimizing the time spent redlining the engines in a light twin. Speaking of which, do you ever synch up the props before your 1000 AGL power reduction? The seneca I'm flying doesn't sync up very well at all with props full forward and full throttle. It would seem almost unnatural to climb all the way to 1000 AGL (around 1.5-2 mins of flight time) with the props red lined and out of sync like that. I'll approach my CFI with some of these articles (thanks Ed) and see what he has to say, but I'm not going to ditch a CFI who I've already flown 150+ hours dual and passed 3 checkrides with because of this one engine managment issue, important as it may be. It's not as if he's pulling this stuff out of his @ss, he was trained at ATP less than 2 years ago so I can only assume that's the way they teach things there, wrong or right. I appreciate the help John, annonman, everyone else and sorry for semi-hijacking your thread Ed.