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They are undoubtedly using a torque wrench, and so should you. Opinions differ one whether to use anti-seize compound: https://www.rtsauto.com/should-you-put-anti-seize-on-your-lu...
They have a hydraulic jig that does everything the bolts need to be torqued to 600 foot-pounds you aren’t getting that done with hand tools.
How in the world is this possible: "In a testament to just how incredibly tough these aircraft really are, the damaged F-15 was transported to a maintenance facility in Tel Nof, where it was given a new wing and returned to service." Am I reading this correctly? Events were something like: So you rip a wing off a plane in a mid-air collision but you can safely assume that it did not suffer fundamental structural dama…
Yes, aircraft are designed to be transportable and repairable so the wings and other control surfaces are easily removable. The wings on an F-16 for example are secured by two bolts all you need is to disconnect the avionics remove the bolts and the wing comes off. You can replace a wing on an F-16 within under half an hour without skipping any steps it is like changing tires on a car.
These things need like 15 hours of maintenance for every flight hour (and this is regular flying with no parts coming off)
I have no experience with military planes but I think in this case "easily" means more like "possible in a few months of work". I suppose when an airframe costs hundreds of millions it takes a lot to make it a write-off.
Will any of the flight simulation games allow you to try out this scenario?
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Rockets are a testament to the truth of that :P
Apparently no one told that to Elon.... It may have been German mad-scientists who pioneered sending rockets to space, but I think you actually have to be more crazy to think you can bring them back down again and land them in one piece! (Not that it has stopped Musk from doing just that...)
What's so hard about this? It's sounds like they only had half as much plane to land, so it was probably even easier than usual. Onwards to management! :D