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by mattgrice 325 days ago
It's actually wild that you actually CAN manually lean the mixture. What's the last car that was sold without closed-loop EFI?

If they were cars, most GA planes would qualify for 'antique' plates. Most of the rest are not technically antique, just antique technology.

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I think it was only in the last 5? years you can no longer buy a brand new helicopter with manual throttle control right on the collective. Not even RPM control, just a stupid manual linkage going straight to the carb :|