"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
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The rest of the plane is totaled and the thing keeps running for 20
minutes. If it doesn't say anything about the quality of the engine it
certainly does about the robustness of the fuel system.

If you're making a joke, fine.

But if you are seriously trying to use this accident as some indication of
the robustness of the engine or fuel system, I fail to see any justification
for your conclusion. All you can really say is that the airplane crashed,
and the engine kept running.

There's no indication that the engine or even the fuel system suffered
nearly the same trauma as the nose of the airplane. In fact, there is ample
evidence (on the other wing) that the installed engines and fuel systems can
NOT handle the trauma of a crash. The most likely explanation for the left
hand engine continuing to run is that it was protected from the crash by its
position and the nature of the crash.

I'm sorry if it bothers you to have made an incorrect conclusion, but I'm
just calling it as I see it.

Pete