X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net ([68.230.241.27] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 731474 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:25:00 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.27; envelope-from=ALVentures@cox.net Received: from BigAl ([68.7.14.39]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20050924002410.DDAI29515.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@BigAl> for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:24:10 -0400 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Powersports RV-8 engine out???..... Total Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:24:13 -0700 Message-ID: <000201c5c09e$4ac027c0$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5C063.9E63C0C0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5C063.9E63C0C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You're *assuming*, aren't you, that this was the result of a _single_ failure? Could have been a whole bunch of things went to &#^!, and the "failsafe" failed, too. Dale R. It may semantics; but I'd say if everything went out at once, with no ability to retrieve power, then, by definition, that was a 'single point' failure. It may not have been apparent on the schematic. Al ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C5C063.9E63C0C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

   You're *assuming*, aren't you, that this was the result =

of a _single_ failure?  Could have been a whole bunch of =

things went to &#^!, and the "failsafe" failed, = too.

 

Dale R.

 

It may = semantics; but I’d say if everything went out at once, with no ability to = retrieve power, then, by definition, that was a ‘single point’ = failure.  It may not have been apparent on the schematic.

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Al

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