Originally Posted by
Hughes500
Meleagertoo, the airframe is so friging heavy that the poor Lycoming has the bollocks thrashed to get the piece of lard into the air, not surprising it fails, so while Enstrom build good airframes they are too heavy for the engine power.
That's about as unscientific and irrational an explanation of engine failure that I've ever heard.Engines operate at the rated power set by the manufacturer. The engine knows nothing of the weight of the aircraft it's attached to, just how many HP its producing. If the aircraft is underpowered it won't fly or won't fly readily. Enstroms do both. Well.
You sound like yet another experience-free knocker of Enstroms.