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The last one lasted 26 months. The one before that was just 18 months. And yes, it has an alternator that looks much like a car alternator. It too is stupid expensive.
The biggest difference from a car is there is a dual magneto system that will keep the engine running even if there is total electrical failure. The radios and navigation system will quit, but the engine has a main and a backup magneto to keep it running. It runs to keep the propeller spinning and that wind keeps the pilot cool. If it stops he really sweats a lot. In the 70 years we have been in business we have never had an in flight emergency or off field landing.
It is a 1965 Cessna 206 that we bought in 1969.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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