Originally Posted by TwinHueyMan
If one was to know what caused that grounding and what the "fix" was, after seeing how this aircraft ended up, some may say there may be a connection.
From
Defense Daily:
In mid-December a planetary nut came loose in a transmission, said David Koopersmith, Boeing vice president Attack Helicopter programs, at a company breakfast for the media Jan. 16. The fix ensures that the nut – what officials are calling a threaded component in the transmission – will “never come loose again.” That transmission fix also went through dynamic and static testing before heading out to units.
This is not the first time the new Apache variant faced with a transmission issue. Earlier, the Boeing’s transmission supplier Northstar Aerospace had financial issues – since resolved – that delayed manufacturing of some transmissions.
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