• @[email protected]
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    413 days ago

    Why does a landing gear component need to be replaced based on flight time? Shouldn’t it be based on number of take-offs and landings?

    • @riodoro1
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      213 days ago

      Because military contracts. Thats why.

    • @[email protected]
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      213 days ago

      Maybe it’s just easiest to build replacement into the maintenance schedule based on flight hours even though landing is the actual wear and tear

    • Norah (pup/it/she)
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      113 days ago

      At the end of the day, there’s a limit on flight hours before a plane must be landed.

    • setVeryLoud(true);
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      111 days ago

      Using an average flight length, you can determine after how many flight hours the component needs to be replaced by doing max_flights * avg_flight_length where max_flights is the maximum number of landing + takeoffs the component can handle. 1 landing and 1 takeoff = 1 flight.