M/V.....
I sort of agree with you, but remeber we were all trying not to jump to conclusions late last year, even thou as soon as the lightning history was stated we had more than an educated guess as to the root cause.
It is now more clear and the worst possibility has been realised, in that a defective part was reinstalled on a machine as operational.
Let me ask just one question----particularly of our Engineers that walk these threads.
"Most engineers have their favourite screwdriver in their tool box. At some time when we needed a small soldering iron to get into that small hole somewhere to solder that wire and the normal heat source is unavailable, for a nano second the thought crosses the mind to heat up my driver and fix that wire. "
But would you???
Not in any lifetime, as we all know that that screwdriver would never be the same again............Metal and heat don't mix....period"
Would Inspections, X-Ray, NDT, be acceptable....of course not. You would never allow it in the first place.
The lightning stroke raises the temperature in narrow channel of air to 30,000° K.
We in our Industry have become used to the concept of, recycling, remanufacture, storing timex parts, running all components to the full extensions possible......and more.
Most of the time it works, but its not an exact science and people died because of the system that operators have manipulated, and remanufactoring shops and recertifying faceless people are complient with.
Yes, you bet I am mad over this. Remember the blade that is on your machine may be one of those [hopefully they are all recalled by now].
Last edited by Old Man Rotor; 19th April 2003 at 09:39.