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fuel flow
Hi Kevin..... congrats....
my email address is bobcook**@oii.net (remove the obvious)
Big Al
The fuel flow should be calibrated via factory proceedures which should give you 36-37 inches of manifold pressure along with 24 gph fuel flow. fuel flow is critical for determining proper operation during take off (100% power). We calibrated the Shadden during the continental setup proceedure.
For setting mixture you can use known fuel flow for given power settings. I happen to use the EI engine monitor to set cruise fuel flow / as in degrees ROP.
Somewhere in the Continental engine documentation is the fuel flow for given power settings. Believe this was extrapolated from the charts in the back of the operating manual.
If you are operating a "P" then you should be running full rich on climb and take advantage of "fuel cooling" which again relies on the factory calibration proceedure.
Fuel flow dictates power.
Hope this helps
Bob
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