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    Default 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    My baby, sport cub S1 #6, N787AK, has turned a milestone last week passing a thousand hours on her tach!

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    Default Re: 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    Congrats George!

    Had a customer send me a photo of his hobbs meter last week turning over 1000 hours, think he is something like 875 tach.
    Pete Dougherty
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    Congrats Geo, think you are the leader especially with one aircraft! HAve fun low and slow my friend! Best Gary

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    Cool Re: 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    congrads,,,, potty broke, training wheels off, and corturoy paints on and all ready for school... while i was looking at the close of of the tack(great photo by the way) i started to wonder, what is the average idle speed and what would yall say was the Max idle on the 200 and 340..... thanks..... heres some answer to the idle question i once asked a few jokers,
    if it doesnt blow your hat off with the prop blast, it isnt too high, then my favorite, with engine at idle, brakes on, and it skids less than 3 feet, the idle is ok. SO, numbers please,,,,,thanks....oh, am thinking 700 ish neighborhood.....

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    Default Re: 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    The number we shoot for when setting them up is 650 with roughly 25RPM rise when the mixture is pulled for shutdown.

    If its on floats the lower the better as long as it runs smooth (within reason) so those might be 50-100 RPM lower depending on the engine.

    That is hot idle. Keep in mind that is with the engine hot. It will be lower until the engine warms up, and it is not an absolute exact number as it can change with other variables (temp, alt, etc)
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    Default Re: 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    thanks............. i wasnt far off,,,,,,,,

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    Thumbs up Re: 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    Hey George! Keep on flying those hours and teaching the rest of the crowd how much fun and exciting this airplane is!

    All of us at Desert Rat Aviation appreciate your friendship,

    Rob

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    Default Re: 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    Hola Geo!!!....Felicidades for your first 1000 hours in the great 7AK!
    Saludos!

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    Default Re: 7AK turns 1000 hrs

    Geo,
    You and your cub have come far since 2007. Congradulations to both!
    mike harbeck, #21, N50KB

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