Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote:
: In any case, there are exactly two things "wrong" with aircraft engines. The
: spark timing is fixed and the mixture control is in the hands of the pilot.
: And you can't do anything about the first problem until you fix the second.

You are spot-on. I would argue, though, that you can't fix the second
problem until you eliminate the first.
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Aaron C.