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Buly,
You
make a good point. Many Lycoming failures don't result in flying another
15 miles to a safe landing at an airport.
Steve
Brooks
Rusty,
Couple of years ago we lost 3 Cozy's within few months due to Lycoming
engine problems. Not landing with engine problem, but total lost of all 3
aircraft. Nobody said a word. Like it was the most ordinary thing?
Bulent "Buly" Aliev
Ser# 066 / N484BD
On Feb 13, 2006, at 2:03 PM, Russell Duffy wrote:
On
the subject of failures in general, am I the only one who thinks there have
just been way too many of these in the last couple years? In virtually
every case, the engine has been the victim, rather than the cause of the
problem, but to the casual observer, it looks bad for the rotary. I'd
hate to calculate the number of flight hours per serious problem for
currently flying rotaries. I'd also hate for the insurance companies
to do it. Let's hope this trend doesn't
continue.
Cheers,
Rusty
(one rotor, no prop)
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