swampyankee
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- Jun 25, 2013
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It is on the Continental diesel engines. And offered on some of the gasoline ones as well. Personally not sure if I would want electronics controlling the engine in a plane I'm flying, but thats me.
All fine and dandy till a nice EMP hits them, or that rare all electrical failure.In automobiles, the electronics seem more reliable than the mechanical systems they replaced.
Those mechanical systems were the main source of failure in the engines, and required constant maintenance the remain serviceable, which opened up another potential source of failure.In automobiles, the electronics seem more reliable than the mechanical systems they replaced.
All engine are mechanical devices they are a mechanical system. There is no such thing as an electronic engine. Most all failures in cars and especially heavy highway trucks is because something went wrong with the electrical's.Those mechanical systems were the main source of failure in the engines, and required constant maintenance the remain serviceable, which opened up another potential source of failure.
Most all failures in aircraft piston engines are because something went wrong with the mechanical accessoriesAll engine are mechanical devices they are a mechanical system. There is no such thing as an electronic engine. Most all failures in cars and especially heavy highway trucks is because something went wrong with the electrical's.
And what does that tell us? Maybe they need to borrow some engineers from the old Chevy 235 days. Only thing to keep up on was points corrosion. Rare that anything else mechanical ever gave a problem.Most all failures in aircraft piston engines are because something went wrong with the mechanical accessories
yeah, nah...And what does that tell us? Maybe they need to borrow some engineers from the old Chevy 235 days. Only thing to keep up on was points corrosion. Rare that anything else mechanical ever gave a problem.
All fine and dandy till a nice EMP hits them, or that rare all electrical failure.
All fine and dandy till a nice EMP hits them, or that rare all electrical failure.
I guess my screen name means nothing. How about timing 4 mags?
I have a back ground with electronics, and numerical control machine tools, believe me I know what kind of faults happen with electronics. It was worse in the days of core memories but still not in the god territory these days. When you have a few atom separation between components in a chip it just doesn't take much to disrupt it. I would think the Fadec is a CAM system due to the environment with in an aircraft? So how many new cars suffer from electrical problems?
One real scary aspect of FADEC is hacking like has been done with some cars. I guess though in a plane the battery master would shut it off, well and the engine as well.
I guess my screen name means nothing. How about timing 4 mags?
I have a back ground with electronics, and numerical control machine tools, believe me I know what kind of faults happen with electronics. It was worse in the days of core memories but still not in the god territory these days. When you have a few atom separation between components in a chip it just doesn't take much to disrupt it. I would think the Fadec is a CAM system due to the environment with in an aircraft? So how many new cars suffer from electrical problems?
One real scary aspect of FADEC is hacking like has been done with some cars. I guess though in a plane the battery master would shut it off, well and the engine as well.
Not true - depending on the base the USAF FOD programs are huge, this I know as a fact, I'm the airfield FOD monitor at USAFA (among other things!)
True but diesels have a problem with weight.Diesel engine would be about the only option as you can push boost levels a lot higher.