In rec.aviation.piloting Mxsmanic wrote:

It's odd that pilots would object to a more modern engine on the one hand, but
are more than willing to install the iffy technology of a glass cockpit.

Two totally different things.

If the "glass cockpit" fails in VFR, it is little more than an irritant and
in IFR there are backups.

If the engine fails you are pretty much out of options.

So losing things like mixture and prop control really wouldn't take anything
away from the pilot, anyway. So why not do it?

Because real airplanes require different mixture and prop settings for
takeoff, climb, cruise, and decent whether that comes from FADEC or
discrete levers.

And since the cost of retrofitting an existing GA airplane engine far
exceeds the value of any advantage to the typical GA pilot, the only
FADEC engines will be in new airplanes where the incremental cost is
trivial.


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Jim Pennino

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