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15 hours of uptime is outstanding when it comes to the avionics that aren't actually keeping the aircraft in the sky. Most legacy fighter avionics required rest
by engi_nerd 10y ago
15 hours of uptime is outstanding when it comes to the avionics that aren't actually keeping the aircraft in the sky. Most legacy fighter avionics required restarts every few hours.
- alphapapa 10y agoThat's very interesting. Do you have any examples?
- engi_nerd 10y agoNot from my own experience. Just going from the professional knowledge of friends of mine with years of mission systems engineering support.
- alphapapa 10y agoI'm just curious because I find it hard to believe that avionics in combat aircraft are or were so unreliable that they would have to be restarted every few hours. That would not work for e.g. bombers on long missions, fighters on CAP, etc. I can just imagine a pilot thinking, "Okay, we're about to cross the FLOT and I've got 20 minutes until the next avionics reboot. I'd better go ahead and reboot it now before we run into trouble..."