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Old 11-28-2008 | 12:41 AM
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Default RE: Is it too cold to fly?

I'm old enough to know better to try to fly when it is colder than 50 degrees anymore.

But when I did, I had to adjust the needle valve a little richer from the lean peak than I normally would in hot weather. For some reason the air aloft is denser and requires more fuel than during the summer. Richen it up a quarter turn from lean peak rather than 3 or 4 clicks

You have to wrap a light jacket or sweater around the transmitter and have your hands under the jacket or sweater.

It is hard to fly with gloves on unless you cut off the very finger tips of your thumb and index finger.