Thanks John.

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On Dec 14, 2011, at 5:53 PM, "Thomas Mann" <thomasmann51@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm posting this response on behalf of John Slade who is using a ISP that is BLACKLISTED (one of many)
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> Tom. Could you ost this to fly rotary for me?
> I know this is a pain, but this one's important....
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> Chris,
> I have idle set at around 800. Keep in mind that the higher the idle, the harder these canards are to land. Don't listen to the RV guys - they have flaps. Ideally you want the lowest idle you can get, that's not going to stall the engine on final. It's worth a bit of effort to try and tune for a lower idle, but this is the idle with the engine being driven by the prop, which is a different area on the tuning chart to the idle when stationary. You can only tune this area while airborne. I found this out when I first throttled back all the way on a high base, and the engine stumbled. I needed new underwear that day. So - lesson learned - test the throttle all the way back at altitude over the field before doing it on short final.
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> Be ready to use both rudders to loose altitude if you set the idle high. With the IVO in full fine pitch the thrust won't be too bad, but with a fixed pitch prop idling at 1600 you'd be landing in the next county if you're fast or high on final.
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> Regards,
> John