Off Comment Joke Saved a Plane
An acquaintance of mine who is a very experienced pilot showed up today with his first gasser. Although he is not new to 120ish size planes, this was the first with a DA 50 on a new DP Edge.
He was going to fly it. Runs were good. Range check was good. What was missing was the "right/wrong" combination of checks.
Taxing around, the engine which was running good just quit. Started it back up and after a bit ,it quit again. We initially thought a glitch due to the ignition and receiver may have bee to close. What was happening was when he moved the ailerons, the engine quit. I made a joke " Does that new JR have "Throttle/Aileron Mixing." Well darned if it didn't right their on the screen. We even asked the local pro why would you use that? Who knows but it was right their. After turning it off, everything was fine.
I guess a good question here would be where would you use throttle/aileron mixing?