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Maybe help from new Viper drivers, but I do not unnerstan why there was no FCF after engine maintenance as described.
The Viper had less FCF requirements than anything I flew back then. We could even replace the FLCS boxes before flying and if the "extended" BIT was good, we flew. But the motor? And it has more mechanical stuff than the FLCS actuators and hydraulics.
One good example of less FCF's was my leading edge flap failure, and in my 4,000 hours I only had one emergency due to the wrenchbenders. Needless to say, after getting that thing back on the ground I had "perfect" jets for the rest of my time at Hill.
My profile here has a pic of the LEF, and it folded up because the two dudes working on the drive motor did not place a "keeper" pin in the drive tube and the shaft slipped out just after lift-off. The sensors indicated all was well during the various checks.
So I question the lack of a check on that motor as it was one of biggies we had back then in both the Sluf and Viper.
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