Complicated machines: 35 manhours maintenance per hour of flight for Apaches, 3 manhours for Blackhawks

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨iamtanmay@wolfballs.com⁩ to ⁨freeforum@wolfballs.com⁩

Source1: https://www.anylogic.com/resources/case-studies/military-aircraft-maintenance-scheduling-and-staffing-optimization/#:~:text=Among%20other%20duties%2C%20engineers%20maintain,cover%20one%20hour%20of%20flying.

Source 2 (10 weeks * 5 days * 8 hours * 4 engineers = 1600 hours per 480 flying hours) : https://www.businessinsider.com/us-army-soldiers-take-black-hawk-helicopters-apart-for-maintenance-2019-11#its-a-great-opportunity-for-delta-company-during-the-kfor-26-rotation-to-be-able-to-get-hands-on-experience-strella-said-2

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SirAleric@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Jeezum, that really puts it in perspective. And the Taliban thinks they're all gucci with their new helicopters...

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- iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Their copters stopped working after week 1, most likely
  
  All that desert dust and harsh climate won't be good for those machines
  
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iamtanmay@wolfballs.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
SpaceX Falcon reaches space in only 3 minutes, but needs 2-4 months of maintenance work before relaunching. They have hundreds of aerospace technicians working in 2 shifts per day.

So, at least 2 months * 30 days * 18 hours (2 shifts) * 10 A&P techs (at minimum. I imagine it would be many more, looking at the jobs listings on Inded, etc)

~4000 manhours per minute of flying at launch

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