Is it possible to manipulate the mixture in order to get a desired fuel flow...or is this practice bad for the engine?
For instance, I check my performance charts and determine that 9.2gph is consumed at 2350 RPMs...and 7.7gph is consumed at 2200 RPMs.
Now in order to maximize my travel time, I may want to travel at 2350 RPMs. Couldn't I simply lean the mixture until the fuel flow gauge read 7.7gph at 2350 RPMs? (Keep in my 7.7gph is the consumption rate the performance chart listed for 2200 RPMs.)
If I leaned the fuel out this much for 2350 RPMs, would the engine simply die? In other words, is the listed fuel flow of 9.2gph required for the engine to run effiectively at 2350 RPMs?
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