Re: "gaits" for 172RG

Interesting notes about temps and cowl flaps. As it turns out, I didn't
get to do my approaches yesterday in the Cutlass because it's in the
shop. Everyone has been noting how the oil temp has been at the very
high end of the green most of the time, and the pane pretty much needs
to be flown with the cowl flaps open, and they finally decided to do
something about it. Of course, I don't know what "something" is if this
airplane is just known to run hot.

I fly a cutlass in California with a similar problem. The top of the green is 50 degrees cooler than actual redline temperature (it was sent out for calibration). However, since the =only= marking on the gauge is the green arc, knowing this doesn't help. So, I keep the cowl flaps trailing open to stay in the green, which is the only way to know you're ok.

Jose
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