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Originally Posted by wslade2
VAR crank issue doesn’t apply unless the case halves are opened.
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True, but for brevity I assumed most of these cases have been split by now.
So the FAA is saying that for regulatory purposes, a RR IO360 is the same as a Cont IO360, that they us the same manufacturing methods, maintenance manuals, SBs, parts manuals, etc.
If the FAA claims they have regulatory authority over the RR IO360's, and insists they must comply with the ADs for the Cont IO360, how can they then turn around and say one engine may not be swapped for another in a USA certified aircraft? It makes no sense. By claiming the authority over the engine, they've just defacto approved it, as long as all ADs are complied with.
Am I missing anything?