DA 42 accident
The problem is not FADEC. It is pilot error -- taking off with a known electrical problem in an airplane dependent on electricity to fly, coupled with a poor understanding of how an alternator works.
Maybe the problem in =this= flight was pilot error, inasmuch as the
takeoff would be ill-advised under the circumstances. However, the
accident does illustrate a weak point of the system. There are other
ways to trigger that weak point.
I don't know the system, so I can't second guess the engineers
intellegently about it. However, it does seem to be a serious oversight
that the engines themselves can't supply their own juice.
Jose
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