On 2008-04-03, wrote:
The pilot is the next big threat to the engine; abusing it, just
like abusing your car's engine, will shorten its life expectancy.
Pushing that throttle open too fast, overboosting, or misusing the
prop control can all do damage. We could built idiot-proof engines,
but they'd be too heavy to fly.

No, not really: you could solve many of the pilot-induced problems with
a FADEC. The trouble is, people seem to trust themselves, and are highly
suspicious of a FADEC, even though it's quite likely FADECs fail far
less often than human-induced engine failure.

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