Viggen - Page 2

glyn · 07-22-2007, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by entropy

Do preserved aircraft break down? If it is kept mothballed with fuel nearby in a small underground bunker, with troops flown in by helicopter it seems possible.
This gives some aircraft the capability to take off after cruise missiles have struck the airfields.

However, this seems to simple to be true. Where is my mistake?

Military aircraft cannot be preserved, although individual components can (including engines). They are complex machines with many components but you will find that it is the seals and gaskets that are the main problem. The aircraft require continual skilled attention unless they have all fluids drained,batteries removed, engines inhibited and everything cocooned. It helps to live in a place like Arizona where they can live for great periods of time in open storage. The European climate usually means that stored aircraft are hangared. Even under ideal conditions it takes time and manpower to ready the aircraft for flight.

entropy · 07-22-2007, 13:23 PM

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Originally Posted by wabpilot

Do you have any idea...

No I don't. I am not military/aviation personnel by any means. That's why I ask. If I had the idea I would not ask, right?

My technical experience is limited to mopeds. I am well aware that they become less and less operable when standing outside for a long time. I was not suggesting parking the airplane in the woods, for I do know that rain and moist will ruin electronics and other sensible equipment (I do not know how moist sensible turbines are, piston engines often require disassembly if flooded). I was thinking about storing airplanes in dry hangars. And it seems that Glyn has made a decent job answering.

braindead · 07-22-2007, 16:10 PM

How much more difficult is to store the aircraft compared to tanks for example ? US Marines deposited/prepositioned their equipment in places all over the world .

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