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Cleared for Takeoff
I did a solo practice area flight yesterday in a Warrior. The run-up went fine, the plane performed as expected. Initially I did 3 trips around the pattern, and all seemed fine, so I proceeded out to the practice area. I went to throttle back and the throttle was at the 1/2 mark before the RPM's on the Tach went below 2500. When I got the RPM's to read a typical 2200 to 2300 for cruise, the plane just seemed slower than normal, so I looked down and the airspeed was down around 90 knots at level flight. So I throttled up to get the airspeed back up to the cruise speed I typically see around 110 knots. To maintain that airspeed the tach was reading over 2500.
I did a few turns and some slow flight. The did a little more pattern work. While taxiing, the plane was close to idol, and when I looked at the Tach it was bouncing between 600 to 900. I went up to do the pattern one last time, and ended up doing a go around, because when I set the RPM to my typical descent speed, I was way to high and felt no need to force the landing. I went around this time ignored the tach, and had a solid landing. I reported the Tach to the machanic, and went home.
At no time did the engine not repond normal or miss a beat, the plane performed normally. At no time was the RMP reading in the red. Am I right thinking the Tach seemed off?
I did a few turns and some slow flight. The did a little more pattern work. While taxiing, the plane was close to idol, and when I looked at the Tach it was bouncing between 600 to 900. I went up to do the pattern one last time, and ended up doing a go around, because when I set the RPM to my typical descent speed, I was way to high and felt no need to force the landing. I went around this time ignored the tach, and had a solid landing. I reported the Tach to the machanic, and went home.
At no time did the engine not repond normal or miss a beat, the plane performed normally. At no time was the RMP reading in the red. Am I right thinking the Tach seemed off?