{"id":87,"date":"2016-08-07T19:52:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T02:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-54-164-154-147.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2016-08-07T23:33:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:33:09","slug":"leaning-the-engine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/?page_id=87","title":{"rendered":"Leaning the Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-164-154-147.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT_420x282-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"EGT_420x282\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT_420x282-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT_420x282-67x67.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LxDZSFxgLx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>WHY<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Better engine performance at high altitudes<\/li>\n<li>Reduce carbon buildup on\u00a0spark plugs, increase flight safety<\/li>\n<li>Fuel Economy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>WHEN<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Above 3000ft MSL, enroute climb or cruise<\/li>\n<li>Taxi on the ground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>HOW<\/h3>\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-240 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-164-154-147.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT-67x67.jpg 67w, http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/EGT.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Leaning with EGT Indicator<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Slowly lean the mixture until\u00a0EGT\u00a0indication\u00a0peaks and begins to fall off<\/li>\n<li>Mark the peak EGT indication with the yellow EGT index pointer<\/li>\n<li>Enrichen the mixture until EGT indication decreased to Peak &#8211; 50\u00b0F<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note: The EGT indicator requires several seconds to respond to mixture adjustments and changes in exhaust gas temperature.<\/p>\n<h5>Leaning with\u00a0Tachometer<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Pull the mixture control out until engine RPM peaks and begins to fall off<\/li>\n<li>Enrichen slightly back to peak RPM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5>For Ground Operations<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>set the throttle to 1200 RPM<\/li>\n<li>lean the mixture for maximum RPM<\/li>\n<li>throttle back to 800 to 1000 RPM for ground operations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faa.gov\/regulations_policies\/handbooks_manuals\/aviation\/media\/pilot_handbook.pdf\">FAA Pilot&#8217;s Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-164-154-147.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/172M_POH.pdf\">Cessna 172M PILOT\u2019S OPERATING HANDBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cessna 172S PILOT\u2019S OPERATING HANDBOOK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHY Better engine performance at high altitudes Reduce carbon buildup on\u00a0spark plugs, increase flight safety Fuel Economy WHEN Above 3000ft MSL, enroute climb or cruise Taxi on the ground HOW <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/?page_id=87\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":281,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/54.254.218.213\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}