Originally Posted by
five zero by ortac
Question for those Malibu pilots on here, does the Vac Pump also inflate the boots on this aircraft ? I used to fly a Cessna twin with TSIO-520 engines where the Vac pumps did the instruments and boots. Thankfully twins have two Vac pumps, presumeably the Malibu only has one and its failure in IMC and icing conditions could spoil your day.
IIRC the boots are vacuum driven; the PA46 has twin Vac Pumps for redundancy.
Interestingly a quick internet search threw up this MSB and related link:
http://www.tcmlink.com/pdf2/M90-10.pdf
https://meadaircraft.wordpress.com/2...ump-conundrum/