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Old 26th Aug 2004, 14:07
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Lu Zuckerman

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Thumbs up Costs too much and/or it weighs too much.
You would be surprised how many aircraft manufacturers and equipment manufacturers refused to consider the input of reliability engineering relative to the incorporation of hydraulic fuses. The two main reasons for not using them are it adds to systems cost and/or it adds to systems weight.

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