Dennis Madden
Active Member
Folks,
Read what I could find on the forums here about EI, but still have a question. I have an RV-4 with O-320 with a wood prop.(Warnke if it matters) Heres the deal. I have the idle set about 750 +- just to get it smooth. Any lower and it shakes too much for comfort. Before I turned the idle up, I used to worry about it quiting on final. And finally the question. Would Electronic ignition allow a smoother lower idle RPM setting? I know a metal prop, with it's higher inertia, would probably fix this. But this prop is doing fine so far. Anyone?
As an aside, the plane runs along at 30 mph on the ground at idle, if I let it. (I don't)
Thanks
Read what I could find on the forums here about EI, but still have a question. I have an RV-4 with O-320 with a wood prop.(Warnke if it matters) Heres the deal. I have the idle set about 750 +- just to get it smooth. Any lower and it shakes too much for comfort. Before I turned the idle up, I used to worry about it quiting on final. And finally the question. Would Electronic ignition allow a smoother lower idle RPM setting? I know a metal prop, with it's higher inertia, would probably fix this. But this prop is doing fine so far. Anyone?
As an aside, the plane runs along at 30 mph on the ground at idle, if I let it. (I don't)
Thanks