Ted
The pilot formerly known as Twin Engine Ted
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- Oct 9, 2007
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iFlyNothing
SkyHog I am glad to see purchased a Ford that looks like it will serve him very well (once he gets the oil drain and the trans drain figured out ). I have a 2000 Ford Excursion 4x4 Limited that I picked up for a song. I figurd that way I would have a car that gets about the same fuel economy as a twin.
The thing's been out of my possession for 6 out of the 7 weeks I've owned it. I bought the thing and drove it 700 miles in the first week, only to then have the thing die on me on my way out to my friend's house (who I was going to have do some work on it). I had him do a bunch of preventative maintenance on it, as well as a few other items that it needed. Then it went to the Ford dealer for this dying issue. The truck would die and then when you went to crank it, have the "THEFT" light blinking, indicating the truck was stolen. So, the truck decided - while I was driving down the highway - that it was stolen and needed to shut the engine off.
First thing that came to my mind: Imagine having this in the aircraft. You start the plane, do your mag check, all lined up and ready to go. You get 70 feet off the ground, out of runway, and then the plane decides "STOLEN!" and the engine shuts off completely.
I don't know who thought of this wonderful idea that had a failure mode of the system be having the truck shut off while I'm driving down the highway, but all I can say is:
The thing's been out of my possession for 6 out of the 7 weeks I've owned it. I bought the thing and drove it 700 miles in the first week, only to then have the thing die on me on my way out to my friend's house (who I was going to have do some work on it). I had him do a bunch of preventative maintenance on it, as well as a few other items that it needed. Then it went to the Ford dealer for this dying issue. The truck would die and then when you went to crank it, have the "THEFT" light blinking, indicating the truck was stolen. So, the truck decided - while I was driving down the highway - that it was stolen and needed to shut the engine off.
First thing that came to my mind: Imagine having this in the aircraft. You start the plane, do your mag check, all lined up and ready to go. You get 70 feet off the ground, out of runway, and then the plane decides "STOLEN!" and the engine shuts off completely.
I don't know who thought of this wonderful idea that had a failure mode of the system be having the truck shut off while I'm driving down the highway, but all I can say is: