Unfortunately, people make parts and people are not perfect.
All the companies buy parts from suppliers. Rarely a
suppliers of parts knowingly uses weak materials or skips
some step to manufacture. Some times a part is not designed
properly and sometimes there is a error such as not using
the proper radius on a machine flanged.
Lycoming and Continental build engines and buy parts.
Everything gets inspected, all the paperwork is checked, but
stuff happens.
Any manufacturer who designs and certifies a new engine will
have the same sort of problems, plus the technology will be
new and untried, so there may be problems that are
unexpected.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Morgans" wrote in message
...
|I don't know about anyone else, but Lycoming's latest dirty
trick with the
| crankshafts sure would leave a bad taste in my mouth, if I
owned one. I
| would not want to consider any purchase with a Lycoming in
it.
|
| What good is part tracing, ore to finished part? I
thought that was meant
| to protect from these kind of problems occurring?
|
| I would think a class action law suite would sure be in
order, for all of
| the people it must involve.
|
| Hasn't Continental pulled some crap like that in the
recent past, also?
|
| It sure gives me a lot of faith in certified aircraft
engines. Not.
|
| If another company were to step up with a new technology
engine, with
| replacement STC's for most all of the popular spam cans,
they would clean
| house.
|
| Drive yet another nail in the coffin of GA. :-((
| --
| Jim in NC
|