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Old November 27th 03, 12:08 AM
Kyler Laird
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"Morgans" writes:

Don't forget that you're safest with a single-cylinder engine. If
you have a six-cylinder, you're *six* times as likely to have a
failure.

...or at least that's what I've learned from some of the geniuses
who talk about twins vs. singles.


Not so, smart ass. You don't have six oil pumps, six crank seals, six fuel
pumps, six alternators, six crankshafts, 12 magnetos, 6 carbs, ect, ect, on
that six cylinder engine, do you?


Correct, genius. Similarly, there are engine problems that are quite
independent of the number of engines on a plane.

--kyler