FADEC - Full Authority Digital Engine Control with PowerLink™ Technology

Through the years, Teledyne Continental Motors has been the driving force behind numerous milestone achievements in the power of flight. Add the introduction of our new PowerLink™ FADEC system to the list.

Considered breakthrough technology, Continental's new PowerLink™ is the first FADEC system for piston aircraft engines that provides computer-controlled electronic ignition and true sequential direct port electronic fuel injection. With PowerLink™ FADEC, the need for a cockpit mixture control lever is eliminated. Futher, PowerLink™ monitors all vital engine parameters so you think more about flying and less about engine management.

Developed in conjunction with Aerosance, a company known for its advanced technology and rigid quality control, Continental's PowerLink™ FADEC system springboards aviation from the technology of the 30's all the way to the new millennium.

PowerLink is a solid state digital electronic system with only one moving part, the pintel that moves in the fuel injectors at each cylinder. From the precision castings for the controller housings, to the CNC machining of speed sensor assembly parts, to the laser welding of solenoid coil enclosures, the system showcases the latest developments in manufacturing.

All of the electronic circuit boards are manufactured on an automated environmentally-clean chemical production line. Placement of electronic components are automatically registered then surface-mount-wave-soldered to the printed circuit board. The production acceptance test of components at Aerosance - including harnesses, controller units and speed sensor assemblies - is automated, including data capture and storage.