lucien
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Crash90
I don't think anybody is implying that all of their engines have the same issue. What I have a problem with is the fact that OS charges top dollar for their engines. That's fine also if they are willing to back up their product. Obviously OS knows about the problem with the 91fx and has done nothing about it. Basically they are saying S***w it. That is not the kind of company that deserves my money.
Anybody who says that OS is the best hasn't tried other engines. I recently got addicted to SPAD building and decided that I didn't want to invest into a top of the line engine. I ended up buying a TT and let me tell you. This engine is every bit as good as the os. I took it out of the box, mounted it and flew. It performs flawlessly. It is also the only engine I have that flip starts on 1 or 2 flips. I wish I would have figured that out 20 engines ago. Think of the money I could have saved.
Anyhow, that is just one mans opinion. I am done with OS. [/QUOTE]
Well, before you go condemning OS on this issue with the .91, you have to keep in mind a few possible mitigating factors:
a) They may be having as much trouble as we are reproducing the problem consistently and reliably. Something like half of us aren't having trouble with the motor according to the poll - it may be a very installation-dependent problem that's taking them a while to narrow down. Hell even _we_ aren't really sure exactly what the problem is and we fly these things probably 100 times as much as the factory does (if they even fly them at all).
b) Even if they have narrowed down the cause, they may be taking their time to fix the problem right. This is the other side of the coin of troubleshooting a problem-coming up with a fix that really is a fix for the problem but at the same time doesn't break something else, such as cost, longevity, suitability for its intended purpose and so on.
Quality assurance isn't about a couple complaints here and there and then tossing out a half baked fix in a couple days to quiet down the plaintiffs. It doesn't work that way - The right way to do it is to narrow down the problem to a consistently reproduceable scenario, develop a fix through R@D and then test the hell out of it to make sure it was fixed right. Repeat these steps as necessary.
I promise you, this is NOT a quick or cheap process unless the problem is VERY simple involving cheap and/or readily available raw materials. This can take a LONG time and involve quite a bit of cost in terms of manpower and materials in case it's a really tricky problem.
AND.... we don't know that that's the case here. Like I said, even we're quite divided on what the problem might be, so you can be sure the factory is doing some head-scratching on this too (if in fact they're working on the problem).
Give them some time and consider the possibility that they're trying to fix the problem correctly. That may not be the case (and I sure won't defend them if so), but it's equally likely that it is.....
LS
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Another wasted evening with the OS 91FX - 
. I agree they should recall it or stop selling it if in fact they really have found a problem with it for which they don't yet have a fix. 
