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![]() newsreader wrote: On 21 Sep 2006 10:05:32 -0700, "Bret Ludwig" wrote: wrote: On 19 Sep 2006 18:03:00 -0700, "Bret Ludwig" I'd rather trust a Lycoming than a Pratt & Whitney. I've been on too many flights where the old Pratt failed. Once a cylinder came right through the cowling. (DC-3 R-1830) And another time the engine sucked a valve (Martin 404 - R-2800) I've never had that happen with a Lycoming. But I have had problems with Continentials.(Beech Debonair) Lycomings are about the best of the recips. I watched a CFI/CFII/ATP young stud at a FBO I work at lose a O-235-L2C in the pattern and still wind up in a supermarket parking lot. Would have been a beautiful rollout if not for those pesky parking dividers! I also saw an ob/gyn with his wife and four rug rats in a cabin class twin run an engine up and for some stupid reason pull the prop ALL THE WAY BACK at full power. A cylinder on the right side of #2 came off and went through the cowling. If it had been a left hand jug one or more people would have died for certain. Sorry, I'd rather fly a Chevy. |
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