by BRS » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:14 am
Wow, lots of responses. Some helpful some not so, but all appreciated.
The 1/4 turn I referenced was on the needle adjusting leaner. No matter.
As promissed I went out and checked the idle (with intensionality and focus). It was not as I had stated. It was more like 870 Lean - 700 to dead on rich. So I guess I'm a bit thick headed sometimes but I did go fly then upon landing, while at full rich, I set and locked the throttle at 1000 rpm and shutdown. Then I reset the idle screw to where the slide was. After, I went flying again and things were much better. Idle is richer than I want but it's steady and not dying. Only problem was upon landing the idle really seemed to be closer to 1100. Boy did this cause a float issue. I'll work on getting it closer to 900. If I can get the mixture better I'd like to get the idle to 800.
I get confused when I try to visualize the needle taper, slide & orfice. Usually, in my head, I end up thinking of the narrow end of the needle being for idle, which it's not. Any hoo, after a good night sleep, I'll re-read some of the responses.
-Brock
Sonex-A (s/n 1013)
R2300, P-tip 54/50
Center Stick
V16, TT22