On 04/23/06 13:14, Frode Berg wrote:
Hi!

I was told by my mechanic to only pull the prop handle until I could audibly
hear a slight pitch change to establish that it was working.

However, the aircraft manual says it should be cycled completely, and on a
cold engine three times to make sure oil is applied to the governor, or the
pitch mechanism.

Can someone elaborate on this?

What is recommended?

There's a very good article on AVWeb by John Deakin regarding engine
start and run-up, which includes a large section on prop cycling (near
the end of the article). You can find it he

http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/186619-1.html

Note: You have to register for access to AVWeb's articles, but it's
free, they there is a log of great information there.


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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA