Analysis and Research on Maintenance Cost of Civil Aircraft Flap Sinking Hinge Mechanism

Abstract

The flap sinking hinge mechanism of civil aircraft is a widely used retractable motion mechanism,and its maintenance cost has a great impact on operating economy.In view of the large gap between the maintenance cost of the flap sinking hinge mechanism of civil aircraft and the actual operation value,a maintenance cost estimation method is proposed based on the MSG-3(Maintenance Steering Group 3)analysis method.The damage tolerance analysis results are used as reference data,the inspection method,threshold value and inspection interval of the flap sinking hinge mechanism are obtained through MSG-3 analysis.According to the nature and source of maintenance tasks,a direct maintenance cost prediction model is established to predict the maintenance cost of flap sinking hinge mechanism.The feasibility and effectiveness of the maintenance cost estimation method is verified by taking the flap sinking hinge mechanism of a specific model as an example.The results show that the proposed maintenance cost prediction method can comprehensively estimate the maintenance cost of aircraft structure,and is closer to actual operation than other methods.

Keywords

• civil aircraft
• flap
• sinking hinge
• msg-3
• maintenance cost