HELP! need the power settings for a 172RG cutlass

[PlaneCrazy]

Looking for the power settings (MP and RPM) for the following maneuvers:

chandelle (the entry)
turns around a point
eights on pylons
turns across a road
steep turns
lazy eights

Thanks...preping for my CFI checkride and I cant remember these settings from my commercial days...:crazy:

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Looking for the power settings (MP and RPM) for the following maneuvers:

chandelle (the entry)
turns around a point
eights on pylons
turns across a road
steep turns
lazy eights

Thanks...preping for my CFI checkride and I cant remember these settings from my commercial days...:crazy:

Call me crazy, but can't you just go up and experiment, and write down what power settings work, then extrapolate for temperature and altimeter setting?

But... you may want to check this out....:

http://flight.pr.erau.edu/docs/ERAU%20Manuals/Stan_Man_R00-08.pdf page 183 of 206

Check out Appendix B or 8 for the 182RG... it may be a bit different obviously, but it has a good baseline for you to start figuring out power settings for each maneuver.

 

[SFCC/UND]

I always like the pray and hope it works method.

 

[tgrayson]

Thanks...preping for my CFI checkride and I cant remember these settings from my commercial days

As a CFI, you shouldn't be relying on memorized power settings given to you by another instructor, you should be able to derive these settings for yourself, based on what you're trying to accomplish. If you don't know what you're trying to accomplish, then you have more studying to do.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

As a CFI, you shouldn't be relying on memorized power settings given to you by another instructor, you should be able to derive these settings for yourself, based on what you're trying to accomplish. If you don't know what you're trying to accomplish, then you have more studying to do.

How does one do that? I've always gone with rules of thumb after having been given baseline power settings....

 

[tgrayson]

How does one do that? I've always gone with rules of thumb after having been given baseline power settings....

For a lazy eight, you need the power setting that will return to you the original altitude and airspeed at the completion of the maneuver. If you are consistently high (or fast), reduce power prior to entry; if you are consistently low (or slow), increase power to the maneuver entry. For the other maneuvers, you want a power setting that enables you to stay at or below the recommended entry speed.

It's better to be a giver of power settings, rather than a receiver, since that's an indication of where the expertise lies.

 

[SFCC/UND]

as long as you stay below VA when you enter the maneuver than you don't have to worry about anything else.

 

[c172captain]

As I recall, all of those maneuvers are entered from the cruise phase of flight

-18" MP
-2300 RPM
-Gear Up
-Flaps 0*
-Cowl Flaps Closed (unless CHT inidcates necessity to be open)