I was dead wrong about those all-in-one test sets

For years I thought the all-in-one avionics test sets were a gimmick. Kept using my separate boxes for everything, like a stubborn mule. Then last month we had a 737 come in with a weird comm issue and my buddy let me borrow his Aeroflex. I had the problem isolated in 20 minutes flat. Now I'm saving up for my own, anyone else make the switch and regret waiting so long?

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nina14712d ago

Man that Aeroflex is a game changer once you actually use it on a real snag. Had a similar thing happen with a CRJ that was throwing all kinds of weird code errors on the radios. Took me like two days poking around with separate boxes before I borrowed one and found the issue was just a loose pin on a connector. The time savings alone pays for itself if you do this kind of work more than once a month. Biggest thing I learned is that the integration is where it shines, you can chase a signal path without swapping cables every five minutes. Just make sure you get one with the right software updates for your fleet, some older units won't cover the newer stuff.

benk2612d ago

@nina147 did that loose pin show up on any continuity test before you swapped cables, or was the fault intermittent enough to hide from a basic check?