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  On 30/04/2023 at 1:15 AM, Area-51 said:

Only one way to tell.. we all chip in, buy three Lotax 912 and three Rotax 912 and run them all flat out side by side until they fail 🤷🏼‍♂️

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I know which one my money would be on😁

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Not a big enough sample but would be interesting  to do. Time is service is a good measure but you still need CONTROL  conditions. In a lot of this there are too many unknown variations some of which should reasonably be part of the test conditions...  Nev

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Posted (edited)
  On 30/04/2023 at 1:35 AM, facthunter said:

Not a big enough sample but would be interesting  to do. Time is service is a good measure but you still need CONTROL  conditions. In a lot of this there are too many unknown variations some of which should reasonably be part of the test conditions...  Nev

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How about we put the test engines in the same airframes and only ever fly them in a 6-ship formation so they experience the same power demands, operating conditions, etc hahahaha 🙂

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  On 30/04/2023 at 6:04 AM, Jackson said:

How about we put the test engines in the same airframes and only ever fly them in a 6-ship formation so they experience the same power demands, operating conditions, etc hahahaha 🙂

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Or build a six engined plane...

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Posted (edited)
  On 01/05/2023 at 6:53 AM, RFguy said:

or a six engined flying boat made out of wood ?

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Sounds familiar 🤔

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Make it 8 engines and you've got a deal!

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