ORIGINAL: Columbo
Today I lost a plane do to my Moki 2.10 leaning out. I had just pulled into a hover and about 3-4 seconds later it died. I have been running the engine for about 6 months now with no problems. Today is the first day I ever ran it in the cold. Our high today was
about 43 degrees. I did have to richen the high end quite a bit before I flew it. Is there a solution to this engine running lean when pointed vertical? Someone at my field mentioned a cline regulator.
Greg
I don't know why nobody has mentioned this but one thing I like to do when there have been major changes in the weather or atmospheric conditions that required changes in needle valve settings is to keep the plane up high while running through some nose high maneuvers. A flame-out at high altitude tends not to have such disastrous effects as one at low altitude in a nose high attitude. [8D][8D]
RJ