BB
I know with you if I say black you come in and say white ; )
But what the heck ; ) One last go!
Firstly I am not in the slightest bit confused!
Second I fully understand what BPF is stating and agree witha lot if what he is saying!
Where I differ is he states that full abrupt engine failures are Zero I cannot agree with that statement.
I have a habit of taking discussions off on tangents and while I do agree with him that a lot more needs to be taught to avoid pilot induced failures certainly not at the expense of practicing forced landings.
Yes a sick engine is more likely to complain rather than an instant bang but a complaining engine can quickly deteriorate to a Big Bang.
If BPF is arguing that all engine failures are pilot induced then sorry I disagree.
I myself took to a field 28 years back as a green PPL and I admit pilot induced !
Have I had mechanical failures in between YES!
Another for you was again in a Seneca Five, brand new with another owner. This one was a later model!
It had a habit of running rough then surging on one engine! It would then run as smooth as silk!
This got worse until climbing into cloud out of Weston it stopped on me altogether!
I got it restarted and as smooth as silk again!
The aircraft under warranty went to RGV at Gloucester and they could find nothing wrong on ground runs!
They then sent it up with their own pilot who scared himself silly!
Finally they approached piper and most of the fuel system had to be changed to sort it!
So my point is that all engine problems are NOT pilot induced while I appreciate many are!
Lastly I pointed out that a sudden failure or partial is a double edged sword as in some circumstances you would be better off with the sudden rather than a partial!
The Biggin crash mentioned above is one good example
At least a sudden failure in a single will concentrate the mind rather than confuse it ; )
Take care BB ; )
Last edited by Pace; 30th November 2012 at 17:55.