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Old 20th Jan 2016, 20:44
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SASless
 
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I question the thinking that put a single Start/Gen on the aircraft. It would seem plain old commonsense would have dictated such a single point failure as common as a Generator failing would been thought through and a backup source of Electrical Power would have been installed....say like a Ram Air Turbine?

For an aircraft that is so dependent upon electrical power and designed for a Thirty Hour fuel endurance....having an equal amount of electrical power endurance would have made sense.

Or as usual....am I missing something?
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