Thread: FADEC = complex
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Old November 25th 06, 11:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Kev
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Default FADEC = complex


Morgans wrote:
Utter nonsense. Tell us, how a oil pump failure is made worse, with FADEC?
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You are making things up as you go, now.
But that is what a troll does.


Then you must be a troll, too. Here's an example of how a pump failure
ended up being worse because a FADEC was indirectly involved.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2...200104093.html

Basically, the pump failed and a warning light came on. Following SOP,
the pilot recycled the computers. A software bug caused the FADEC to
cycle the rotor pitch. Eventually the recycling caused a crash,
killing four Marines.

If there'd been no FADEC, all that would've happened is that the pilot
would've seen a pump failure light and landed. (This aspect is covered
in other reports.)

Kev