Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.4.5) with ESMTP id 771815 for rob@logan.com; Tue, 01 May 2001 08:54:38 -0400 Received: from smtp.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.3]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71175U5500L550S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 1 May 2001 08:47:49 -0400 Received: from marvkaye.olsusa.com ([207.30.195.118]) by smtp.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 1 May 2001 08:52:57 -0400 Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20010501085532.04adc8b0@olsusa.com> Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 08:56:44 -0400 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: Marvin Kaye Subject: LOP/ROP debate Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Posted for "Brian Barbata" : Brent Regan is the only guy who's got it right. All the technical discussions of temps, range, etc. are minor compared with the detonation risk, which increases with LOP power settings. The fact that someone has been running LOP for hundreds of hours successfully is beside the point. If you run LOP at 80% and forget about it because of some distraction, detonation may be your reward upon descent. The other LOP detonation scenario is a small piece of dirt getting into an injector nozzle. Normally, you might get an almost unnoticeable sputter, soon clearing itself. But if you are LOP, you might get detonation....a one-way ticket. It's theoretically a manageable risk, but so are a lot of other things that bring airplanes down. How many "manageable risks" would you like in your cockpit? The fewer the better for me! Brian Barbata >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>