Hi there all,

I've been flying my plane for more than 1 1/2 years, Im gonna buy my 3rd airplane, I ain't gonna ask which should be the best third plane, probably, it would be a warbird or something like Venus kinda stuff. I love fast planes with good speed, though my high wing trainer used to fly at good speed with ASP .46. and I love to take low passes a lot, I'd take the low pass take the plane up almost vertical upto a good height then make a circuit then go for another low pass. I mostly fly in that manner alongwith some maneuvers.

Now my question is while taking a nose dive from a good height lets say 1,000 feet, what should be the position of the throttle, is it should a full throttle? or should it be at idle postion to take a nose dive? as I was told by some flyers that taking a vertical nose dive with full throttle flooded the engine and it would stall it, is it true? So what should be the position of the throttle while taking a nose down, then as it reaches to 20 feet above the ground so level the plane and move the throttle up to full and fly away.

I hope it is not a silly question as I used to think about it a lot and my practice was lowering down the throttle 25% and take nose dive. Please advise.

Thanks

Mody