Click Here To Help Improving This Blog !For the last years, the Jet-A1 piston engines makert has been dominated by Thielert with its Centurion family. Another german company, Zoche, achieved to create some buzz, but unfortunately none of their engines got certified yet (read here).
With Cessna and Diamond using their engine, Thielert is in a good position, and even the French SMA […]
It’s winter time in Switzerland, as in half of world, and we go through the first very cold days of the season, with temperature below freezing 24 hours a day. This has many consequences for pilots, like frozen fingers when towing planes, an absolute necessity for light aircraft flying IFR to stay out of clouds […]
Let’ s have now a closer look to plastic engine operations. The first change compared to classical engine appears during pre-flight check. The good old oil level check is still present, but an additional check is needed: the level of coolant. This is because these engines are water cooled, so a visual check of the […]
FADEC. The word is out. There has been a large buzz arround this word in the light aviation world for the last months, if not years. Thielert uses the acronym ECU, meaning Engine Control Unit instead, but have a look to the meaning of FADEC.
Full Authority Digital Engine Control. And to reword that in a […]
