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Military Aircraft: C-17 Wing Flap Requires Additional Testing

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 8, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-160
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Summary:

The C-17 military transport aircraft being developed for the Air Force by McDonnell Douglas is designed to land in small or difficult airfields by approaching at much lower speeds and with steeper descents than conventional aircraft. Flap performance is vital to the C-17's unique capability, but testing an early flap design showed that the flap had a life expectancy of about 400 flight hours, far short of the contract performance requirement of 30,000 flight hours. The contractor has strengthened the flap design but has not retested it. GAO believes that the Air Force should establish test plans for the flap before the aircraft goes into production.

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