Rain doesn't get under and inside panels when it rains.
My helicopter, 86-8911, crashed after the manufacturer cracked open the engine supervisory control box to update the computer cards inside and didn't reseal the case the same way it was manufactured, we operated in a saltwater environment and they corroded up and caused the engine to quit working.
The single engine, while the pilots were flying 20 feet over water, at night, with Night vision goggles, in the Persian Gulf!!! Thankfully both survived relatively uninjured.
Grounded the entire fleet of OH-58D's until the boxes were replaced.
Last edited by ready_on_the_right; 07/29/21.
