Thielert (Diesel Engines)
"Stan Prevost" wrote in
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I haven't really been following this thread, but I thought I would
interject something I just learned about Thielert diesels.
A local flight school which also rents out airplanes, just got a DA42
Twinstar. An engine quit during a flight a few days ago. The pilot
shut it down, then later attempted a restart. It started back up and
ran fine for a few minutes, then quit again. No anomalous indication
on any of the engine instrumentation.
Turns out that an oil filter in a gearbox, I believe it was, was
clogged. The computer senses that and shuts the engine down. No
warning, no indication of trouble, just shuts it down, or takes it
down to very low power. Saves the engine in preference to the pilot.
This seems to not be a rare event with these engines.
Oh boy. I definitely want one now.
Bertie
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