The mixture ratio of an engine is the amount of air used for burning a given quantity of fuel; spark-ignition piston engines use different mixture ratios for different phases of flight.
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Engine performance under best economy vs best power mixtures and how it relates to TAS on a fixed pitch propeller?
I am currently training on a very basic PA-28-161 (it has a single reciprocating air-cooled engine with fixed pitch propeller). I have a rather involved question on mixture as it relates to power as it relates to TAS, and have searched extensively…
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