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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by dandelany on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @09:13PM (#32845752)
It's a military fighter jet. EVERYTHING is spec'ed out to the MAX. "We can't get the original parts, just use this off-the-shelf transistor" IS fraud.
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Re:Suspected counterfeit components found in ejection seat a... by dotancohen on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @11:34PM (#32846658)
I would assume that everything is speced out to low weight, high G-force tolerance, and robustness under vibration. In those cases, even changing the solder formulation could be catastrophic.
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