PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Dehumidifying to improve Avionic Reliability
Old 28th April 2004 | 01:19
  #19 (permalink)  
insty66
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 327
Likes: 6
From: Close by!
De humidifiers are currently de rigeur on the Tornado fleet after a GAF study found that they achieved an approximatley 30% reduction in Avionics/Electronic failure. This means less money on spares etc, which the bean counters like.

As a slight aside there is a study currently being undertaken to determine if a/c left out side are more or less serviceable than those protected from the elements. Wonder what the conclusions will be.
insty66 is offline