Ok is my instructor messing with me?

[A Squared]

Bearing in mind what Goose wrote above, I'd say pneumatic. For one thing, you have to inflate it. Secondly, no fluids are being pushed through lines to make it operate.

Neither is air being pushed through lines to make it operate, so that reasoning goes nowhere. Fluids however, are being pushed through orifices when it operates.

I can think of 8 other hydraulic devices in the 172. Anyone?

 

[ROB-x38]

8! Ok feel stupid now....

A few guesses:

- CSU (for those with one fitted)
- Hobbs / engine hours switch
- Oil pressure gauge
- Oil pressure annunciator
- Fuel flow gauge
- Oil pressure relief valve

That's all I got - am I even in the ballpark A squared?

 

[A Squared]

8! Ok feel stupid now....

A few guesses:

- CSU (for those with one fitted)
- Hobbs / engine hours switch
- Oil pressure gauge
- Oil pressure annunciator
- Fuel flow gauge
- Oil pressure relief valve

That's all I got - am I even in the ballpark A squared?

That's good, but they aren't the ones I'm thinking of.

 

[bobbysamd]

172 hydraulics

The brake system is hydraulically-operated.

This is beginning to sound like one of those stupid, useless, hypertechnical ERAU discussions from the early nineties, e.g., how many fuel pumps are there in a Seminole, with no correct answers and plenty of hurt feelings. In other words, define "pump."

 

[Vector4fun]

That's good, but they aren't the ones I'm thinking of.

I'll try one;

Primer

 

[80/20]

Wings of Flem, tell us a bit more… why do you think he asked you this?
Did you sense that he liked or respected you?
Did you ask, or did he offer any suggestions to where you might find the answer to his question?
Was he giving you the test before the lesson or was he just teaching by asking question rather than lecturing you?
Answer this and I will give you my personal opinon - as a FAA Designee

 

[A Squared]

I'll try one;

Primer

THere's another, though it wasn't one I was thinking about.

Here's a clue: I cheated, they aren't 8 different things, they are all the same, but there's 8 of them. The number should be a good hint.

Bobby, if you're going to have hurt feelings about a silly trivia game (and yes I recognize that it's trivia) it might be best to avoid them.

 

[JB74]

Here's a clue: I cheated, they aren't 8 different things, they are all the same, but there's 8 of them. The number should be a good hint.

Maybe I am way off but are you talking about the hydraulic lifters in the engine?

 

[Vector4fun]

Maybe I am way off but are you talking about the hydraulic lifters in the engine?

I just had the same thought driving home. Cam followers.

 

[A Squared]

Maybe I am way off but are you talking about the hydraulic lifters in the engine?

Bingo! Pretty lame, huh?