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New procedure?
Hey Bede1 "Bob",
Did I really read what I thought I read? ... you only have the rear cowl flaps open an inch or two on takeoff? You're a candidate for fried cylinders. The only APPROVED procedure I know of for start-up, warm-up, taxi and takeoff is for the cowl flaps to be FULLY OPEN. Better re-read your Cessna POH and Continental TSIO-360C Operator's Manual.
Once you're into cruise or enroute climb, then you can adjust the cowl flasp as needed in order to maintain constant cylinder head temps, but on takeoff with what you're doing, you could easily incur hotspots, and with the cost of new cyclinders at about $1,000 a whack plus labor & miscellaneous, not a good idea.
SkyKing
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