Had a VHF comm go completely dead on a Cessna 172 after a routine annual. The pilot called it in from the ramp.

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Man, this is the exact same energy as when you get your car back from the shop and a new weird noise starts. They fix one thing and something else just... gives up. It's like the plane's systems were all holding hands, and the annual broke the chain. You see it everywhere, like updating your phone and suddenly the Bluetooth in your car won't connect right. A fix in one spot just pushes the problem somewhere else you weren't looking.

jordancoleman1mo ago

Exactly, it's like everything was barely hanging on and the fix just tipped it over. My old truck did that after getting the brakes done, the heater fan started making a sound like a dying animal. @olivers28 is right, it's never just one thing. You solve the issue you can see and it just moves to the next weakest link. My TV did it too after a software patch, the Netflix app would crash every single time. It's just how complex stuff fails now.

thomas2912mo ago

Honestly that "holding hands" thing is so true. Tbh my laptop did that after a Windows update, the trackpad just gave up. Fix one thing, break another.