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Old 06-13-2006, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Mean 69
Having dealt with electronics for years, dating back to fixing helicopters in the military, I can tell you that the electronic components don't work as well once you let the "magic smoke" out of them.

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Same experience base. Coast Guard helicopters for me. Luckily I only had one "magic smoke" incident (funny we each know the same term for it) and it was a starter/generator that (thank god) was on a test bench after a rebuild rather than on an aircraft.

True should not rebuild starters at 3am on day 3 of hurricane Paka response in Guam.
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