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Thanks to all the guys and girls who have posted and messaged me.
Here is what I have learned. The TBO on the M-14P is..... I still don't know!
Does anyone have any data from Vedeneyev themselves?
I have not been able to find an official manufacturers TBO. DOSAF did their first
overhaul at 750 hours, then 500 hour intervals and retired the engine at 2250
hours. As they were essentially the only operator of these aircraft it seems
these times have been accepted as though it was from Vedeneyev themselves.
All the overhaul facilities for the M-14P I contacted have adopted these figures
as well. Remember that they worked only for DOSAF, and of course it is to
their commercial advantage to have these engines overhauled more often.
Their definition of "Overhaul" differs from ours too. Again, I have not been able
to find any official data, but their overhauls seem to align more with a "Survey"
of an engine that is common in the marine industry. Essentially a bulk
strip, inspect, replace the stuffed bits and stick it back together. In the
military we used to call this an IRAN - Inspect And Replace As Necessary.
The lubricants we use are generally better than what these engines used to run
on. The dude at Termikas told me that the Wilga engine TBO is increased from
800 to 1000 hours if it is run on Aeroshell 100. Given that Jill from M-14P said
she has seen well looked after engines with 2200 hours TSO on them seems to
reinforce our oil quality and just how robust these engines are too. Again,
no official data!
Wikipedia reigns supreme!
Chris
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