<VV> jets for power

[James Dallas]

Craig, if it is overly rich it will.  Usually noticed on startup.  The prop 
blast at other times will try and disperse it so that its not as noticeable.

Jim Dallas
MCCA
CORSA
GNRT
Fly's for a living


>From: NicolCS at aol.com
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org, corvair at mts.net
>Subject: <VV> jets for power
>Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:00:22 EDT
>
>I'm not a piston engine pilot or any kind of pilot for that matter.  I made
>the silly assumption that the full rich setting on an airplane carb yielded
>12:1 or so, which is the max power afr.  Evidently, it's richer than that.  
>Why
>doesn't a piston airplane exhibit black exhaust smoke as it does on a car
>engine when they are over rich?  Why not grey smoke as when an a car engine 
>is
>passing unburnt fuel out the exhaust?
>Craig (always learning) Nicol
>Sorry guys, every piston engine pilot knows that max power is NOT found at
>full rich.
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