To Arm out the window,
I think that my analogy does hold water because I did say "wave the gun around a lot", that certainly doesn't imply that it will fail at any moment.
The beefing up of the hydraulic system in this case is probably just a very small pump capacity increase.
Heedm,
"If a problem is solved by publishing a limitation, is it still a design flaw?" Yes and no, If a helicopter can carry an underslung load of 2000 lbs. I think it is reasonable to say that's its not a design flaw because it cant carry 5000 lbs, but in the case of the hydraulic system we are talking about, it clearly is.
Grey Area,
I have designed the control systems for several safety critical systems (non aviation) which involve servo jacks and hydraulics, and I know for a fact that if the mechanical guys did not design in an additional 10% capacity above and beyond what the worst the control system could ask for, the design would have been questioned at the review stage.
Jiff
