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Old 10-04-2002 | 07:41 PM
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Default Hydro push rod things????

Originally posted by MinnFlyer
Just be sure to get all the bubbles out!
hahahahahaha

"What are you doing?"
"Bleeding my pushrods."
"Have you been drinking?"



The only thing I don't like about this setup is the reliability factor. If a pneumatic retract setup fails, you either belly land or fly with the wheels down. If a hydraulic control surface setup fails, you lose the plane.

I guess that's why real aircraft have redundant systems redundant systems.
<g>

-Joe