FADEC Rip Out on 4 Sierra Tangohttps://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/Recent content in FADEC Rip Out on 4 Sierra TangoHugoen-USFri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500January 6, 2018https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2018-01-06/Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2018-01-06/Nursing 106 home from Columbus at 57 knots, with the FADEC stuttering all the way.April 28, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-04-28/Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-04-28/Trying to diagnose the FADEC: swapping sensors and injectors, and nothing changed the problem.June 5, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-06-05/Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-06-05/One last try at fooling the FADEC, then the decision to rip it all out and go old school.September 22, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-09-22/Sun, 22 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-09-22/Step one: taking the engine off. Plus Clayton playing with the new scissor lift.September 28, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-09-28/Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-09-28/Pulling the FADEC harness out of the airframe. Like a giant spinal cord.November 2, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-11-02/Sat, 02 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-11-02/With the engine off, might as well give everything a really good clean.November 10, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-11-10/Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-11-10/The engine back on the plane, now with SureFly electronic ignition instead of the FADEC.November 17, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-11-17/Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-11-17/New fuel injection: an Airflow Performance Bendix-type unit, and a phenolic spacer to make it fit.December 14, 2019https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-12-14/Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2019-12-14/A new throttle cable bracket, a carbon fibre intake extension, and a smaller battery tray.May 31, 2020https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2020-05-31/Sun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2020-05-31/The prop is back on, out of its old Toblerone box. Getting close to the first start.December 4, 2020https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2020-12-04/Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/upgrades/fadec-removal/2020-12-04/All the FADEC parts that came out of the aircraft: a little gold mine for another FADEC owner.