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> "Additionally, hoses burst, o-rings leak, filters need changing, etc. We don't have machines today that can fix those problems on the fly." Lots of these thi
by acchow 12y ago
> "Additionally, hoses burst, o-rings leak, filters need changing, etc. We don't have machines today that can fix those problems on the fly."
Lots of these things could be happening on airplanes but generally don't. Why can't we get airplane-level reliability on ships?
- fancyketchup 12y agoProbably because we aren't willing to pay airplane prices and do maintenance on airplane schedules. I suspect that a container ship usually takes longer to travel between two ports of call than an airplane is legally allowed to go between inspections.
- omegant 12y agoThey happen regularly! That's why you have checks between flights, no mater how short the flight. Daily, weekly, monthly and by cycles(flights) or hours maintenance. You have leaks, breakage, electronics get fried, conexions get loose. Aircraft parts are numbered and tracked they hace a limited live span depending the function. I can not imagine an airplane wirking properly and safely without all this care.
- bane 12y agoAirplanes have pretty low reliability - multiple maintenance man hours per flight hour. But their time in-transit, equivalent to time between ports for a ship, is measured in hours, not weeks.