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Why could a Rotax 914 light aircraft lose power at 7000 feet?
I was flying an RV 4 equipped with Rotax 914 engine and variable pitch propeller.
The problem was observed during flight above 7000 feet; vertical speed became 0, RPM overshoot for 2, 3 seconds to ...
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Carbureted Rotax engines have no mixture control, how do they handle less dense air?
Rotax engines have no mixture control, yet they don't seem to have any more problems than other engines at altitude. How do they handle the lower air density in order to not get a too rich a mixture?
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