A broken magneto drive gear in a factory new Lycoming YIO-360-M1B engine that ran a total of less than 1.1 hours, with over an hour of that time on the factory dynamometer. Fortunately Lycoming is footing the cost of repair.
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| Karl is a retired engineer, financial officer, air charter manager, and computer consultant. He started on his aviation career in 1954 and likes to explain that back then the Private Pilots Written Exam was 50 True/False questions. |
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Wednesday morning I started the engine with the intention of
taxiing to check the brakes. It ran rough and was shut down. A broken magneto drive gear in a factory new Lycoming YIO-360-M1B engine that ran a total of less than 1.1 hours, with over an hour of that time on the factory dynamometer. Fortunately Lycoming is footing the cost of repair. |
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| The finished product at Oshkosh |
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