View Single Post
Jeff Higgins Jeff Higgins is online now
Registered
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Higgs Field
Posts: 22,808
Quote:
Originally Posted by SiberianDVM View Post
That's awesome. How did you get the 10mm sockets to stay with the rest of the tools?
And this is why all aircraft, regardless of country of manufacture, are built to U.S. Standard, not metric. Even Airbus. They are not stupid - everyone lives in fear of the 10mm socket...

Quote:
Originally Posted by svandamme View Post
Define "FOD" in this context.


one nut ain't going to clog a fuel intake or filter (to small, fuel will still flow around it)
No wrench is going to do so either. (to big fuel will still flow around it)
50 screws won't either....(they will just bunch up and act as a filter)
Inside the tanks, yes, this kind of debris is fairly innocuous. It won't get past the filters. But FOD control is a discipline, a mindset - it has to be consistent everywhere.
__________________
Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
Old 02-22-2020, 01:14 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #18 (permalink)