Appreciation post: That one time a King Air's autopilot decided to take a vacation mid-flight

Spent a whole day in Phoenix chasing a gremlin that turned out to be a single corroded pin in a 40-year-old connector block. Has anyone else had a 'simple' intermittent fault turn into a full archaeology dig?

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val40624d ago

Ever wonder if the plane's old wiring feels as tired as we do after these hunts?

fisher.mason24d ago

Found it helps to treat the old wiring like a cranky old friend. I talk to it, promise it a quiet night after we find the fault. Sometimes just giving a harness a gentle wiggle while watching the meter will show you where the break is hiding. The plane knows what it needs, you just have to listen to its complaints.

eva_garcia5624d ago

Feel that on a spiritual level lol. It's like the whole system gets grumpy and just wants to sleep forever. You end up tracing ghosts through miles of old wire.