First emergency

"EventHorizon" wrote in message
. 12.10...
We were still at full
throttle and obviously we had a broken cable or something similar.

Were you truly at full throttle? While flying towards home and a longer
runway would be tempting, I would not be comfortable flying at takeoff power
for some 45 minutes. Your engine is likely not made to do that.

Two minor things that you did not mention: You could have at least slightly
reduced your power with carb heat. Switching off one mag should reduce
power by a further small amount. To keep your engine from overheating, 90%
power is far better that 100% power.

I am glad that it worked out for you!

Vaughn

"vaughn" wrote in
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"EventHorizon" wrote in message
. 12.10...
We were still at full
throttle and obviously we had a broken cable or something similar.

Were you truly at full throttle? While flying towards home and a
longer runway would be tempting, I would not be comfortable flying at
takeoff power for some 45 minutes. Your engine is likely not made to
do that.

This only took about 5 minutes. Yes, we were at full throttle.

Two minor things that you did not mention: You could have at least
slightly reduced your power with carb heat. Switching off one mag
should reduce power by a further small amount. To keep your engine
from overheating, 90% power is far better that 100% power.

Good points. My partner and I just mentioned the one mag idea and that is a
good one. I hadn't thought about carb heat, that's another good idea.


I am glad that it worked out for you!

Vaughn