Hello again, everybody! Last week we talked about STC compatibility, and I thought this week we’d continue our trend of discussing the transition into (or back into) three-lever flight. Of particular interest to a lot of people is the question of “oversquare” operations- that is, running the engine at a manifold pressure (inches of mercury) higher than the propeller speed (RPM/100). You could walk into just about any FBO and ask “is...

Welcome to May, everybody Our PMA audit is right around the corner, which has all of us around the hangar pretty upbeat. It should have you excited as well- it means we’ll be able to start shipping you kits for our SR2X RPM Lever very soon. That gives me a chance to answer some questions I’ve received about STC compatibility. STCs tend to be compatible with other systems and equiment, but some installations fundamentally change some aspect...