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Old 27th June 2008 | 16:11
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dixi188
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Turbine engines with FADEC have a Permanent Magnet Generator (PMG) driven by the engine as a back-up to the A/C bus, so that if all electrics fail the engine looks after itself.

How did these light aircraft engines get certified so that a single failure can cause disaster?

Piston engines have 2 magnetos for back-up.
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