Re:An Effort To Bury A Throwaway Culture One Repair At A Time
by spitfire on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @11:58AM
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This attitude has killed many in aviation. The aviation industry is so conservative they've resisted electronic fuel injection for decades. Sticking instead with carburetors which can ice up. and many many people have in fact died from carb icing.
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Re:An Effort To Bury A Throwaway Culture One Repair At A Time
by noonespecial on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @01:16PM
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My flight instructor said it best: "At least then we know what killed them". In aviation it seems like its way better to have lots of know risks vs fewer unknown ones. People are desperate for something (or someone) concrete to blame in air mishaps.
Re:An Effort To Bury A Throwaway Culture One Repair At A Time
by mahyarm on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @02:28PM
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But hasn't there been fuel injected engines since the 1960s at least? There are planes like the Beechcraft Musketeer Super III that had a fuel injected Lycoming IO-360 engine for example. I don't know much about motors or aviation to know what the difference would be although.