And I'd imagine a lot of the cost of the engine is liability.. if they're able to destroy an engine to get a new one, they probably save on insurance costs.
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I’ve never heard of such rule. I tried to find some reference to this but without success.mhoran wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:13 pmMike Miller and I spoke with Glenn about this when we were at SouthTec on Tuesday. Glenn said the issue is with EASA who would not allow the same facility that manufactures engines to overhaul the same engines. Seems a bit silly given that's what Lycoming does, but I guess that's the issue.
I believe this is the main (only) reason.
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Nothing. No weird results from oil analysis. Nothing showing up in oil filters. No engine hiccups. No oil consumption (1 qt/40-50 hours). Short of failing a TVD or gearbox check almost every inspection and the occasional sensors going bad, the engines ran okay.
I wasn't flying, so regurgitating what our pilot told me. It lost power on climb out around 4500 feet AGL. Hiccuped a bit, so he pulled back. He smelled "something." Then oil pressure kept dropping off and he saw it streaking back on the nacelle.
Take a look
It had ~1600ish hours on it.
Here's the G1000 data log: https://apps.savvyaviation.com/beta/sha ... 94bbe9c6b1
This engine wasn't treated like a school plane. 1000 hours of flying at 75% cruise, the remainder at 85% cruise (to get more miles in between failed TVDs/gearboxes).
Maybe a little throttle jockeying in formation flights but generally boring flight profiles.
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Wow, that is pretty sobering. Glad everything turned out OK and that it waited until 4500 AGL before giving up the ghost.
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Oh wow, that's a lot of oil! Do you know where the oil came from? Apologies for the thread drift.neema wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:34 pm
Nothing. No weird results from oil analysis. Nothing showing up in oil filters. No engine hiccups. No oil consumption (1 qt/40-50 hours). Short of failing a TVD or gearbox check almost every inspection and the occasional sensors going bad, the engines ran okay.
I wasn't flying, so regurgitating what our pilot told me. It lost power on climb out around 4500 feet AGL. Hiccuped a bit, so he pulled back. He smelled "something." Then oil pressure kept dropping off and he saw it streaking back on the nacelle.
Take a look
It had ~1600ish hours on it.
Here's the G1000 data log: https://apps.savvyaviation.com/beta/sha ... 94bbe9c6b1
This engine wasn't treated like a school plane. 1000 hours of flying at 75% cruise, the remainder at 85% cruise (to get more miles in between failed TVDs/gearboxes).
Maybe a little throttle jockeying in formation flights but generally boring flight profiles.
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I was told just "out the breather."
My look at the engine didn't show any holes in the block or catastrophic signs of engine failure. It was messy, but turbo, lines, fittings, block we all intact. Something internal: ring or piston failure is my guess.
My look at the engine didn't show any holes in the block or catastrophic signs of engine failure. It was messy, but turbo, lines, fittings, block we all intact. Something internal: ring or piston failure is my guess.
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So the Austro engine has doubled in price in 36 months.
For those out there that bought into the " cheap to run - low DOC " , here's a sobering FACT:
JUST THE INCREASE IN THE REPLACEMENT ENGINES (DA42NG) AMOUNTS TO $1,800 / MONTH, OVER THE LAST 36 MONTHS
For those out there that bought into the " cheap to run - low DOC " , here's a sobering FACT:
JUST THE INCREASE IN THE REPLACEMENT ENGINES (DA42NG) AMOUNTS TO $1,800 / MONTH, OVER THE LAST 36 MONTHS
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Running some quick numbers: Assuming 200H / Year usage, that's 600 hours spread over 3 years which works out to $66 / hour INCREASE in DOC ...