Saville
Well Known Member
An A&P looked under the cowl while we had it off to do other things and he said he noticed that while the mixture control would take the mixture to Idle Cutoff, that it wouldn't get it to full rich. He adjusted it so that we get to full rich, but now we don't get back to idle cutoff.
While I understand the importance of getting to full rich, I hate the fact that I can't get it back to ICO. So I won't fly the plane until this is resolved.
I'm using a standard quadrant - similar to if not an actual CT83F
My questions are:
1) Has anyone seen this?
2) I would have thought that the factory hole in the mixture control would have been placed far enough from the pivot as to give more than necessary throw. Is this not always the case?
3) Is there any other reason the throw might not be sufficient? Possible flex in the cable?
4) If I calculate a distance necessary to get me the additional throw and if I can drill a hole in the lever far enough away from the pivot to get it could I be weakening the integrity of the lever? (obviously if it's a thousandth away form the original hole that's bad).
Thanks!
While I understand the importance of getting to full rich, I hate the fact that I can't get it back to ICO. So I won't fly the plane until this is resolved.
I'm using a standard quadrant - similar to if not an actual CT83F
My questions are:
1) Has anyone seen this?
2) I would have thought that the factory hole in the mixture control would have been placed far enough from the pivot as to give more than necessary throw. Is this not always the case?
3) Is there any other reason the throw might not be sufficient? Possible flex in the cable?
4) If I calculate a distance necessary to get me the additional throw and if I can drill a hole in the lever far enough away from the pivot to get it could I be weakening the integrity of the lever? (obviously if it's a thousandth away form the original hole that's bad).
Thanks!