<p>@Revientor , Yes temps were a factor, I have seen failed start1 on perfect weather day and second flight of day. The system was so unreliable. We had numerous grd aborts for that reason. Have had my share of hand pumping JFS/Brake Accumulators and can say it is no fun and quite the workout. It took three people to pump the required 400 strokes to get them back to full charge. We asked god support to put a Hydraulic Mule on the back of a truck and follow the starts so as if one failed we just hooked up the hoses and charged the system then reserved the reservoir, much faster. Got some funny looks from the pilots at first, but they grew to understand. The new digital controllers really fixed the failure rate. Just a little history from my experiences.</p>
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RE: Start 1 & Start 2: why 2 possibilities instead of one?
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RE: Start 1 & Start 2: why 2 possibilities instead of one?
<p>In the beginning of the life of the falcon, the thought was if start 1 failed, then you had a second attempt readily available. The issue became that start 1 failed 60% of the time. a study was done at Hill AFB and found that start 2 (uses both Hydraulic accumulators to turn the hydraulic start motor) then start failures dropped to about 20%, The weak link became the JFS Controller, which is another story for another day. Hope this helped.</p>
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RE: Start 1 & Start 2: why 2 possibilities instead of one?
<p>@Aragorn , Shorter strokes?!</p>
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RE: Small EOY update...
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