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11th February 2006 | 01:29

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paco

Joined: Nov 2000

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From: White Waltham, Prestwick & Calgary

When I did my 407 training I was told that originally the FADEC's way of dealing with excessive fuel flow was to cut the engine - that's about as limiting as it can get! Fortunately, they seem to have kicked the programmer's butt

Phil