DA 42 accident

Karl-Heinz Kuenzel wrote:
I did not believe it either. Maybe I am getting to old. For me a
diesel would run forever until you cut the fuel.

not with a common rail fuel supply. The injectors won't open without power.

The main point as far as I'm concerned is, that this is not a particular
problem of the thielert or aerodiesels in general, it's a problem you get
with engines depending on electrical power. This dependancy on electricity
is somehow the price you pay for better fuel efficiency, more comfort and,
as far as the engine itself is concerned, less "finger problems" and
therefore more reliability. As the article itself states, it is not a big
issue to create a redundant system that will eliminate the risk of a single
point electrical failure shutting down an engine, let alone both.

What those people did. They just started #1 and #2 (which was NOT ok)
on external power. And everything looked ok. Until they retracted the
landing gear....

I posted that story in our German newsgroup and nobody seemed to be
interested in that issue. I was just curious, if someone here is
interested.

I'm not a pilot, though I enjoy flying in small aircraft and I have some
technical interest in aviation. As a development engineer in automotive I
particularly like to learn about aeroengines and I somewhat follow the
development of the aerodiesels. I'm mainly lurking here...

regards,
Friedrich