Today was warmer at KBFI , temp/dewpoint both at 2 deg , first time its been above freezeing in about a week at boeing field , engines started reasonably well , considering the hrs they have on them .
It was raining and low cloud at T/O , headed towards KPAE then went down the river chanel to the open sea , followed the coast to my right until i had 3hrs fuel left , then turned around for my eventual landing at KBFI , tried a slightly different route on return , as i could see the weather was slightly better , than where i had been , and could see thunderstorms starting up , route back proved a lot better , so my choice was a good one . did a good landing at KBFI , still raining though , taxiied to same stand , but before shutting down , i decided to experiment with my throttle settings , as the engine control between 1000/1500rpm , was very hap hazard , so tried pos and neg slopes , just on one engine , found the a slope of 5 , ment i had to move my CH throttle more , for the 1000/1500 rpm range , but the engine moved more smoothely than before , now all engines have been adjusted to the same settings , later on i will attempt to start my ageing engines , and do some circuits , to check the t/o power has not been effected by the adjustments to the lower end of the throttle movement.
airframe now 166.4 hrs
engines
1 59.3 hrs
2 60.7 hrs
3 63.6 hrs
4 62.1 hrs
video of flight :- https://www.twitch.tv/cxa651/v/108496398
regards alan.
