Originally Posted by
vilas
WillowRun 6-3
It's not impossible. NTSB in 1549 inquiry gives some references about research on systems that were to give more precise state of Engine damage to Pilots. They were given up due to lack of funding. If it was available then crew wouldn't have wasted time on relight. Now in A350 Autopilot is available with dual Engine flame out. Automaic decisions and executing a landing or ditching should be possible.
Just a clarification - it wasn't lack of funding so much as a lack of knowledge of how to determine the health of a system that - by definition - had just failed. When the feds came to us propulsion types and said 'we want you to put up a message if the engine is damaged to the point that it won't restart' we basically responded with dumb looks, followed by 'how the
are we supposed to do that?' It was literally a case of not knowing where or how to start.
There are plenty of engine monitoring algorithms that measure the health of the engine and send out reports (e.g. ACARS). But they all depend on the same thing - the engine has to be running before they have viable inputs. I think some of the R&D types went off and started thinking about the problem (particularly at the engine companies), but I doubt there is much that can be done with current technology.