WingFlaps wrote in
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On Feb 15, 1:44*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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There's nothing made up about "No sparks, no power" I wouldn't buy
one because of this. My club was looking at one ofr a Cherokee and
decided against it because of the lack of limp home capability.
Right.
MX has informed us of the risks associated with these electronic
engine management systems on several ocassions.
In particular regard to this installation? I have no problem with
computer
governed engines, once tey aren't reliant on th ecomputer to run
which isn't the case with any other engine I know of.
I see your point and I think it's a good one. As I said before, I
smell the rat of marketing...
Hmmm, could be. Lots of turboprops have fadecs now. The latest Pratts, I
beleive. I was having this ocnverstation with an FO who had come off a
Dash-8 and he told me the latest version of it ( Q400 or something?) had
them. I said "yeah, but they don't have this problem with power, though,
surely" and he told me that they probably did since power was definitely
required to run the fadec. They tell us very little about the innnards
of these fuel units, but I cant see them icencing an airliner without
enough system seperation to ensure that one failure doesn't kill two
engines at once.
I can't see the point of having a Twin star when it can effectively be a
single engine airplane if the lights go out.
i know someone who bought one on behalf of his club and he agreed with
me that it was a feature of the design, but insisted that it will NEVER
be a problem as long as you follow the POH. If anyone here besides
Anthony, met this guy RL, No more confirmation would be necessary that
this was a baaaaad idea.
Bertie