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So the other day I took the 182 out for a quick flight, after a couple of cold days. Went through the normal routine, got to runup, put it up to 1700RPM, pulled the prop... and nothing.
Tried it again. Nothing.
Sighed heavily, taxied to the mechanics shop, asked him to take a look, figured the governor or maybe the cable must be broken.
He took off the cowl, checked everything, looked fine. Said let's try again. Same thing. Then he says "try 1900RPM instead".
Voila! everything working as expected.
Turns out when it's really cold, the oil takes a longer time to warm up, which can impact the ability of the prop governor to create the pressure necessary for this check to succeed, or something along these lines. Anyway, I learned something new, but also wonder if someone here is willing to try and explain this better?
Tried it again. Nothing.
Sighed heavily, taxied to the mechanics shop, asked him to take a look, figured the governor or maybe the cable must be broken.
He took off the cowl, checked everything, looked fine. Said let's try again. Same thing. Then he says "try 1900RPM instead".
Voila! everything working as expected.
Turns out when it's really cold, the oil takes a longer time to warm up, which can impact the ability of the prop governor to create the pressure necessary for this check to succeed, or something along these lines. Anyway, I learned something new, but also wonder if someone here is willing to try and explain this better?