I'm sure the engiens are very reliable, but what's it going to mean when they have to shut one down during a mission and limp home on one?
I'm guessing fuel consumption would be a problem?
Yeah, but we'll mitigate with proper fuel planning for that contingency. Barring that, with IFR capability we can always ask for a tanker. And we're not talking Hornet-level fuel consumption here; a P-8 crew will probably have a few hours before sucking the tanks dry while single engine. But that time, someone should be able to get us gas or we should be overhead an acceptable divert.
But, as Pags alluded to: the engines in P-8 are absurdly reliable compared to the T56's. IIRC, failure rates are on the order of 1:250,000 flight hours or some such. I'm optimistically hoping (but certainly not planning) to log 5,000 hours in my Navy career. That's a lot of careers with no engine failures!
Helolumpy said:How dare you use logic on this website... Next thing you'll know folks will start stating facts... It's all gonna end with us have to footnote our posts....
I'm told that if you end your post with "Believe it." that is 5000 times better than any footnote.
Believe it.