david0tey
Line Up and Wait
Just got checked out in the Diamond DA-20 and love it but have a few questions for anyone with experience.
1. In order for me to turn on the ground, I feel like I am really cramming the brakes down and giving a lot of power. Is this normal? CFI told me you should only need light brake pressure to get it to turn but that doesn't seem to be the case.
2. On takeoff, should I be keeping my toes on the breaks until i pick up airspeed or will the rudder become effective immediately because of the slipstream? I have been using the breaks until i get full power in and pick up some airspeed, then shifting my feet downward to use the rudder.
3. When starting the engine after it has just recently been shut down, do you turn on the primer at all or just the fuel pump? The way I was taught on a cold start is fuel pump on, fuel primer on, full throttle for 2-4 seconds, start, fuel primer off. How should a hot start be done differently?
4. When leaning the mixture at higher altitudes, is there a certain EGT I should be looking for? Whenever I lean it, it never seems to peak and I am uncomfortable leaning it any more. (I would much rather have an excessively rich mixture than no engine)
Thanks.
1. In order for me to turn on the ground, I feel like I am really cramming the brakes down and giving a lot of power. Is this normal? CFI told me you should only need light brake pressure to get it to turn but that doesn't seem to be the case.
2. On takeoff, should I be keeping my toes on the breaks until i pick up airspeed or will the rudder become effective immediately because of the slipstream? I have been using the breaks until i get full power in and pick up some airspeed, then shifting my feet downward to use the rudder.
3. When starting the engine after it has just recently been shut down, do you turn on the primer at all or just the fuel pump? The way I was taught on a cold start is fuel pump on, fuel primer on, full throttle for 2-4 seconds, start, fuel primer off. How should a hot start be done differently?
4. When leaning the mixture at higher altitudes, is there a certain EGT I should be looking for? Whenever I lean it, it never seems to peak and I am uncomfortable leaning it any more. (I would much rather have an excessively rich mixture than no engine)
Thanks.