PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Twin Comanche info needed, please
View Single Post
Old 22nd December 2009 | 21:01
  #9 (permalink)  
Big Pistons Forever
20 Anniversary
Veteran: Canadian Forces
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 5,658
Likes: 501
From: Canada
Originally Posted by sternone
Don't get one without good fuel selectors.
Hands down the most efficent twin engine travelling machine but you want to do your homework particularly with respect to finding spares.

I can vouch for the quote. One of two engine failures I had in a twin was in a Twin Comanche after the fuel selector failed to switch from aux to main even though the cockpit selector was properly set. The result was a fuel starved engine just as I was intercepting the localizer.
Big Pistons Forever is offline  
Reply