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Post by phil on Oct 30, 2006 19:47:24 GMT 12
Why can't the airforce do what nearly every other operator in NZ does, make or have made the parts that are hard to get or too costly. It's called airworthyness. We will only locally manufacture aeronautical components that we cannot get from an approved supplier, or parts that are called out in our IPBs for loman (eg some pipes, wiring looms etc). |
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Post by madmac on Oct 31, 2006 18:13:34 GMT 12
“It's called airworthiness “ That's like say if something is green it must belong to the armed services.
I was thinking more along the lines of parts replacements covered by mods (certified of a form) rather than the duplication of sheet metal parts that part 148's do. One should be careful not to over rate OEM parts, they typical maintain the original state of design (hence the new C130J's still have lots of aluminium parts which which crack & corrode with glee because it was “too hard” for Lockheed to update the drawing stack, 50 year old drawing stacks are not pretty). It also lets you fix the various failings of the original parts. Some of the OEMs tend to use the after market as a cash cow. One example that comes to mind is a gear position switch bracket which is too flexible to rig readily, cracks because its poorly made & the price has gone up 10x's in the last 12 months. While local manufacture of parts is not always applicable, it can cover a hell of a lot of an airframe.
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