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Old 12th Mar 2010, 08:37
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IO540
 
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It is IMHO completely unacceptable for an aircraft engine to simply stop as a result of an electrical failure elsewhere.

Alternators do pack up, and batteries definitely go flat.

I don't know why Thielert did not fit a second little alternator just for the engine. That's why GAMI developed their "supplenator" - to power the FADEC system. These little alternators have been around for years, and some are STCs for stuff like Bonanzas, IIRC.
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