Leaning???

[kpin]

Any thoughts? Any opinions? Anyone know? I know leaning and acro do not exactly work together, at least not here in New England. Regardless one of the neat things about a Skybolt is that it makes a half decent cross country machine. Leaning now becomes a part of the flight regimen. I learned to lean by using a fuel flow meter in a Decathlon (prior owner instructions). I followed his method. It seemed to work well so I never questioned the procedure. Now with my Skybolt I would like to use the recently installed JPI Fuel flow meter and see that Lycoming, in their owner’s manual, mention this as a legitimate method of leaning. The problem is their tables are not exactly very clear regarding the procedure. In the Decathlon I simply leaned until the engine showed signs of running a little rough and then add 1/2 GPH to the rough running fuel consumption point. This is so simple compared to Lycoming unexplainable tables. What don’t I understand?

 

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