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Old 18th Nov 2014, 07:40
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gasax
 
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I have some sympathy for Silvaire's tirade from the 'land of the free'.

But equally I know a couple of people who have and currently have Jabiru engines aircraft. Compared to even an ancient Lyco they have 'issues', significantly more often and in a bigger way than any modern engine should.

I am surprised how such a simple concept can fail in some many different ways. Even more disappointing is how the Jabiru's 'improvements' are introduced generally without any background, justification or admission of a problem and frequently prove to be even less reliable than the initially problematic part.

There seems to be a serious negligent approach to testing and quality of these 'improvements' which have doubtless lead to this situation. Unfortunate for Jabiru, clumsy actions by CASA - but very much a situation of Jabiru's own making.
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