Tracy (what's a
vacation?)
Sorry Tracy. I was
thinking of climb, which is the only time I tend to see the EGT warning.
In that case, I don't usually care to reduce power by leaning the mixture.
I also lived in fear of detonation so long (mostly FD, but also the
initial turbo installation) that I still shy away from lean
mixtures.
On my only cross country flight,
took off at full throttle, climbed to 10,000, and never touched the throttle
lever until I was ready to descend to Paul's airport. On the way there, I
played with the mixture quite a bit, and found that it's like having a second
throttle. Just amazing.
Rusty (thankful I don't have an old travel
trailer)