Although its PowerLink FADEC hasn't met with much market acceptance, TCM says the project still has legs. As part of its certification of the TSIO-550, the company is moving forward with a FADEC-controlled turbocharged engine, according to Rhett Ross, TCM's president. Presumably, the system would the PowerLink's ability to control fuel pulse and ignition timing to build in detonation margin. Would it also have an electronic wastegate and prop control? "Not necessarily," said TCM engineer Keith Chatten.
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