Paul kgyy wrote:
I think the root of the problem is the old technology. The old guys
who really understood these engines are retiring and there isn't really
much incentive for a budding engineer or mechanic to get into this line
of work because there's nothing new in the technology.

I don't think there's very much to understand. Practically ever part of
our planes (except the modern avionics) is incredibly simple, and usually
"over built". It seems to me that we've been getting into problems in
recent years when third party vendors like ECI and Superior try and
improve the old design, especially in the area of metalurgy. Having said
that, I'd still buy ECI or Superior parts, because they've probably worked
out all the bugs in their "improvements". But this shows you why the FAA
is so incredibly conservative in approving changes to original type
certificates, etc.

--- Jay


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