Ye gods. How can anybody remember this stuff? I’ll just…
| full of it, full of it. | THROTTLE FULL, MIXTURE FULL |
| Adding fuel to the fire | FUEL PUMP ON |
| show’s he's master. What a git! | MASTER SWITCH ON |
| Once he gets a reaction, | WHEN FUEL GAUGE JUMPS |
| then he can turn it off, | TURN FUEL PUMP OFF |
(but needling and prodding
| are something he’s fond of.) | |
| It’s just idle conversation. | MIXTURE IDLE |
| You could throttle him halfway, | THROTTLE 1/2" |
| but go ahead and turn on | TURN KEY |
| As soon as the engine purrs, | WHEN ENGINE STARTS |
| then we’re rich, mixture rich. | MIXTURE FULL RICH |
| A thousand bucks would get us | ADJUST THROTTLE TO 1000 RPM |
| to the moon without a glitch. | |
| But big money comes from oil, | CHECK OIL TEMPERATURE |
| from pressure on the green, | CHECK OIL PRESSURE |
| so the ending to this story | |
The first section of this drivel is fondly reminiscent of the instructor who checked me out in 16T. He can be annoying. I think he considers it an art. The last section heads off into one of his favorite subjects--the fossil fuel issue.
Anyway, the ditty is more memorable than that list was, but for what it's worth, the procedure isn't daunting anymore.
I
think what this procedure accomplishes is first to prime the engine, and then to start it from an engine-flooded configuration. When I asked whether this was cold-weather startup, he said it should be used all the time. Was he jerking my chain? Who knows?
He flies a mean plane.
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