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Old 30th Jul 2013, 21:46
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Sunfish
 
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Aaaah! "Maintenance induced failure". This is the first cousin of "infant mortality" - premature failre by stuffing up replacement with new parts.

I had a classic at Ansett many years ago. The MTBF of F27 gyros was only a few thousand hours over many years. Sunfish analysed the data - and found a classic infant mortality curve graphing failure vs time in service. What happend was that the delicate gyro bearings were being stuffed (brinelling) by ham fisted installers.

Sunfish solution: stop changing them so often, TBO increased by ten thousand hours. Problem solved
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