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09-10-2011, 18:01

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Re: Hydraulics?

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Originally Posted by Ether

For commercial airliners, replacing hydraulics with electric actuation may be the way of the future.

A look inside the wheel well of a 737 gives you an idea of how awful it is to manage all the tubing for hydraulic lines. It's also pretty heavy.

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