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Old 22nd Apr 2014, 23:40
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Creampuff
 
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Yep: You and me both should be stopped in the interests of ‘safety’.

You and I know why the cylinders are failing: Excessive leaning.

Pilots of aircraft with engines fitted with ECi cylinders run them excessively lean. When one of those cylinders fail, the pilots do a forced landing and sneak over to another aircraft with engines fitted with stock CMI cylinders and sledge hammer the heads off two cylinders. Thus the logical regulatory response is to mandate replacement of ECi cylinders. It all makes perfect sense ...

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