I get it on the ground and loses it when I'm doing maneuvers.Is there a memory aid or a secret?

Question

Increase power

Increase prop control, which increases RPM

Increase throttle, which increases MAP

Decrease power

Decrease throttle, which decreases MAP

Decrease prop control, which decreases RPM

Answer 1

If you were in your car you would down shift " high RPM" then open the throttle to accelerate or climb a hill.

To cruise you would let off the throttle, then up shift "low RPM"

The thing to avoid is open throttle and low RPM.

Answer 2

always work from right to left when increasing power and reverse when decreasing power. remember mixtures/pitches/power when you have an engine failure. oh, and always remember not to let your MAP exceed your RPM!

Answer 3

This might work, depending on your airplane...

To increase power in my Baron I go from left to right. That's "forward" to me... same direction as we read. The controls go prop, then throttle.

To decrease power I go right to left, which is "backwards" or slowing down. In that direction I first adjust throttle, then prop.

You can also think about it this way: When you take off, you push the prop forward first, then you gradually apply power (throttle). Taking off is increasing power. So to take off we do prop first, then throttle, which is the "correct" order.

For minor power adjustments, it doesn't matter in non-turbine engines, but instructors like to teach it that way. I think they're trying to get you ready to move up... just like we always learned to check "gear down" in the Cessna 152/172 when landing even though it has fixed gear. That way when you move up, you already know it.

Answer 4

These two simple rhymes might work:

"Throttles then props, coming off the stops"

and

"Push props to hi while throttles stand by"

In other words, always reduce power before reducing rpm and increase rpm before adding power.

Hope this helps.