RCU Forums - View Single Post - Break-in on the ground or in the air?
View Single Post
Old 02-22-2015, 06:56 AM
  #30  
Lifer
My Feedback: (1)
 
Lifer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Kansas City, MO
Posts: 4,529
Likes: 0
Received 29 Likes on 28 Posts
Default

Truckracers' comments are spot-on. The only engines I routinely break-in on the ground were ABC racing engines. Those I would run at peak for 3 minutes then allow for a complete cool down. Thermal cycling. Ringed engines just need running time. Plus, they run cooler in the air because of airflow and the fact that the prop unloads in the air, but not on the ground.