(Nathan Young) wrote in message om...
"Mike Noel" wrote in message ...
(crankshaft corrosion check?). At 10,000 feet with I think only a little
wind the DME was indication about 118 knots flying towards the station and
about 114 in the opposite direction.

This is slow for an Archer, but 10,000 feet means nothing without
knowing density altitude and RPM. A typical Archer should do about
150mph (130kts) wide open throttle at 8000ft DA.

A few other things to check:
-Check that all the avionics work.
-Does the audio panel work, can you ident from each radio.
-Track a VOR
-Capture a localizer/glideslope and fly the approach in VFR conditions

Also check that the to/from flags and glideslope indicator flags work
correctly.

-Nathan