From: farnsworth <farnsworth@charter.net>
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Sent: Wed, September 8, 2010 1:10:56 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: Engine failure ATC Transcript Super Legacy Twin Turbo TSIO 580
I don't quite understand why there was an "engine failure" associated with a turbo ducting hose coming loose. I have had this happen to me twice, while racing at Reno.
When it happened, I would not describe it as a big bang, but more like a poof; and at the same time the manifold pressure dropped from 55" to 26". The first time it happened I did not know what had happened and pulled out of the race and landed. The second time it happened, I looked at the engine readings, saw that everything except manifold pressure was in the green and finished the race (of course I got passed like I was standing still).
My engine kept running just fine (after I turned off the ADI) and there was no flooding of the engine and the plugs did not foul.
Maybe there is a difference between Continental engines and Lycoming engines.
Lynn Farnsworth
Super Legacy #235
TSIO-550 Powered
Race #44
MMO.6