Years ago, when we noticed that one of the data signatures of a burning valve was an oscillating pattern in the EGT trace, we got excited about the prospect of setting up automatic scans for other parameters. Would we be able to write a program that would identify a...
It’s one of the great lines from a movie filled with great lines. Wallace Shawn was the perfect actor to deliver it, and now it’s hard to say the word without putting his unique cartoon-like spin on it. And now a quick pivot to engine data. Sometimes the...
I have written about this before, every two years since 2015, and with lots of new clients and some new services since last time, it seemed like a good time for a biennial review. The comedians are fond of saying, “Timing is everything.” I think the quality of the...
Each month, my colleagues and I tag some of our tickets as puzzler candidates. You never know at the beginning of the month what you’ll wind up with as the deadline approaches. The worst case scenario would be a collection of similar anomalies – like...
Knock knock. Who’s there? An intermittent knocking sound that only happens in certain flight configurations and is probably not a safety of flight issue but could become one because it’s distracting the pilot from his primary job of “aviate.”...
In this video, we break down why fixed TBOs are based on assumptions that don’t match real-world data, and why, counterintuitively, overhauling at TBO can actually increase engine failure risk rather than reduce it.
