Small cracks in the star my arse.
It leads to cracks that right off the star at several thousand pounds a pop.
We had a series of unexplained star failures on a hoist equipped Dauphin.
In an unguarded conversation one of the hoist operators told us about a certain captains
party piece. He would place a pen on the console induce negative g and watch the pencil rise to the amusement of the crew.
The captain had his arse well kicked and the series of star failures stopped surprise surprise.