Timeline for Why are the 737's variable-speed generator drives so unreliable?
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| Mar 5, 2023 at 20:57 | vote | accept | Vikki | ||
| Feb 15, 2021 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAviation/status/1361193530476093440 | ||
| Feb 14, 2021 at 23:06 | history | edited | Vikki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2020 at 18:53 | answer | added | user14897 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 21:03 | comment | added | Jpe61 | By drive do you mean mechanical parts of the system? Constant speed system is way more complicated than a variable speed one, so I'd say this is likely to be a case of shoddy electronics. Caveat: I'm not a mechnic or an electrician... | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 19:55 | comment | added | John K | No idea how it works, but VSCF, just from its name, sounds like a mechanical monstrosity. Usually what happens is the maker, HS in this case, will tweak this and tweak that trying to get the MTBF up without spending too much money, when the unit in reality has some fundamental weakness in its architecture that will cost bajillions to fix. So they spend years dancing around the problem until something new comes along to replace it. | |
| Feb 23, 2020 at 19:24 | history | asked | Vikki | CC BY-SA 4.0 |