Well, I wasn't even thinking about a barrel-roll or corkscrew there ;-) (the airframe of the shown plane appears a bit too "ultra-light" to withstand such anyway), but figured that a sudden dive, sag or roll, maybe caused by air-turbulence, will cause the oil to slush around badly, leading to oil pump to run dry for a moment...Many small, single engine GA aircraft are powered by wet sump engines - I'm talking about non aerobatic Cessnas...
Well, I wasn't even thinking about a barrel-roll or corkscrew there ;-) (the airframe of the shown plane appears a bit too "ultra-light" to withstand such anyway), but figured that a sudden dive, sag or roll, maybe caused by air-turbulence, will cause the oil to slush around badly, leading to oil pump to run dry for a moment...
OTOH are the (sintered) bearing shells saturated with enough oil to cope with such short drops of oil pressure... every cold start has a brief moment of no oil pressure...
Yep. And hence why typical aircraft engines run such low rpm and have relatively short life between scheduled rebuild times.Just remember, a Honda car engine spends most of its life at 20% output capacity, an airplane engine spends most of its life at 80% output.
They are built not far from me in Greensboro, NCThe Honda Jet is not a myth, it took years in development to pass FAA Part 23 certification. It did finally pass and is in production.
The Honda HA-420 HondaJet is not a myth.What, in real life?
Thought the thing is a myth...