Just hit 10,000 cycles on a 737's main landing gear squat switch and the number felt oddly satisfying

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Wait, 10,000 cycles on a single squat switch? That seems crazy high to me. I thought those things got swapped out way more often during heavy checks. Are you telling me this is the original part from the factory? That's a lot of landings on one little sensor. What's the usual life limit you see on those?

maxl9311d ago

Actually they get replaced at 20k cycles.

the_robin11d ago

Yeah, "a lot of landings" is right. I mean, I saw one fail at the gate once and it was a whole thing.