Were they temperature controlled deep in the craft? On the leading edge, things can get up to foundry temperatures and so thermal expansion can reach the percents.
I guess you could design something to self-compensate for that, like the old gridiron pendulums, but that’s a big ask on top of a task that already sounds daunting.
Everything was temp and humidity controlled in the factory and delivery. After that I don’t know.
I know when we branched out and did control sticks we did thermal cycles where someone held it with 2 hands running on a treadmill to simulate the exhertion of a pilot.
It’s a rule, every high-tech workplace does something low-tech and stupid looking. Last time it came up it was somebody handling radioactive samples with tape on a stick. (It was long enough and they yelled for everyone to stay away, you see)
Were they temperature controlled deep in the craft? On the leading edge, things can get up to foundry temperatures and so thermal expansion can reach the percents.
I guess you could design something to self-compensate for that, like the old gridiron pendulums, but that’s a big ask on top of a task that already sounds daunting.
Everything was temp and humidity controlled in the factory and delivery. After that I don’t know. I know when we branched out and did control sticks we did thermal cycles where someone held it with 2 hands running on a treadmill to simulate the exhertion of a pilot.
It’s a rule, every high-tech workplace does something low-tech and stupid looking. Last time it came up it was somebody handling radioactive samples with tape on a stick. (It was long enough and they yelled for everyone to stay away, you see)