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[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months 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@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Because military contracts. Thats why.

[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months 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

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

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

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months 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.

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