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But why was there water in the hydraulic system in the first place?
by preisschild 1y ago
But why was there water in the hydraulic system in the first place?
- yobbo 1y agoIt could be condensation in expansion tanks, or it could be rain into open containers on the ground, or someone could have mistakenly poured cooling liquid (or something else) into the containers, or into the hydraulic system itself, or ...
- BoredPositron 1y ago"Must be the water."
- braza 1y agoFerrari F1 internal meme?[1] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nCoxNLdUSaE https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nCoxNLdUSaE
- lifestyleguru 1y agoI don't get the joke. Did he pee himself, or the pit stop crew member is being useless?
- groundcontr01 1y agoThe latter
- 4gotunameagain 1y ago[flagged]
- MobiusHorizons 1y agoCold War era planes also had a lot of problems. The YouTube channel “not a pound for air to ground” has some great content about planes from that era, and reliability was sometimes absurdly poor.
- estearum 1y agoAvoid problems like humans putting water into the hydraulic system? [Virtually] no amount of money is going to solve that.
- FridayoLeary 1y agoWW2 planes never suffered from confused sensors bringing the plane down and they were much much cheaper and effective. Look at the kill rate of the spitfire. Even heavy bombers had a decent chance of bringing down fighters.
- grumpy-de-sre 1y agoLikely contamination of ground handling equipment [1]. Unfortunately can happen. I wonder if the hydraulic fluid is hygroscopic or something? 1. https://www.pacaf.af.mil/Portals/6/documents/3_AIB%20Report.pdf?ver=z-QJglR9Qm7slupMlo6zeA%3d%3d https://www.pacaf.af.mil/Portals/6/documents/3_AIB%20Report....
- the__alchemist 1y agoThanks for the link. This is much more useful than the news article.
- MBCook 1y agoBut 1/3 volume? That’s a LOT of contamination.
- grumpy-de-sre 1y agoGot to say the pictures of the hydraulic drum (and pump) in the DoD report are very confidence uninspiring.
- HelloNurse 1y agoBut what ground handling equipment? Does the hydraulic fluid need to be replaced after normal usage? Any intervention is an opportunity for mishaps, failure and sabotage. I'd expect the unlimited F-35 budget to come up with some formula that resists fire, cold, heat and pressure and doesn't need refills and/or with water detectors and other safety-critical chemical sensors in the hydraulic system.
- grumpy-de-sre 1y agoEverything leaks hydraulic fluid, it's just an inherent property of any system with dynamic seals. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d3ruv-IsGMo https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d3ruv-IsGMo
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoHydraulic brake fluid is glycol ether based and hygroscopic. Planes usually use mineral based fluids which are not, but heck if I know what the F-35 uses.