Lear 25C W/Softflite I Wing

[Dizel8]

It burns a lot of fuel and really fast at low altitude. I think you are starting to get the drift here.

Other than that, it is a lot of fun to fly, and I mean a whole lotta fun.

 

[JumboCat3]

Question on the above things.

Why does it rain in a Lear 25C. How does that happen?

If you push the throttle fast, does this turn the flame
on or out?

If the air is bumpy, why would you turn on the ignition?
Don't you turn it on all the time?

Do you get afraid if the Flame is out or can you just
turn it back on?

Thank you

 

[OPECJet]

It can rain inside the Lear because of condensation melting as the airplane gets warmer in the descent.

I'm not really sure why pushing the throttles up too quickly sometimes stalls the engine. A NASA T-38 pilot told me their engines do the same thing at times. That airplane has the same basic engine as a 20 series Lear. The engines won't flame out, just stall. You'll notice a drop in RPM, increase in EGT, and a disgusting noise coming from the affected engine.

I would imagine the high altitude flameouts have something to do with the thinner air in the high altitudes. I don't why using the anti-ice helps this, but it seems to.

The air ignition has limitations on its use to keep from burning out the exciter box. I don't remember what they since its been a while since I've flown a Lear, but generally you don't need continuous ignition unless you're in heavy precip, turbulence, takeoff or landing.

If you do have a flame out at high altitudes, you must descend to an altitude where a re-start can be performed. The low twenties is about as high as that will work from what I've heard.


Hopefully someone else will chime in and give you some better answers.