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>Please cite any specific V12 aircraft engine that can have one bank of cylinders shut down. The RED A03 Engine[0], which is what this sub-thread is about. >T
by desdiv 6y ago
>Please cite any specific V12 aircraft engine that can have one bank of cylinders shut down.
The RED A03 Engine[0], which is what this sub-thread is about.
>Two cylinder-bank redundancy concept for high safety.
>Robustness and safety are incorporated into the engine design. The two 6-cylinder banks are capable of independent operation. All critical engine sub-systems are mutually-independent.
[0] https://red-aircraft.com/ https://red-aircraft.com/
- londons_explore 6y agoExcept the crankshaft... Oh, and any mechanical issues with pistons or valves in one side will jam the crankshaft, therefore stop the other half working... And that crankshaft needs some kind of oil... And a pump to pressurize that oil. And if a leak forms anywhere the oil drains out and the crankshaft seizes. Pretty hard to lube one crankshaft with two redundant and isolated oil systems... Overall, I'd call the engine 1.5x redundancy...
- calcifer 6y agoAgreed. Based on the documents, I also don't see any protection against metorites or the sudden loss of oxygen in the planet's atmosphere. That's not even 1x redundancy really.