Within an aircraft hydraulic actuator driving a flight control surface, which risk increases when rapid cycling causes cavitation?

💡 Explanation

When rapid cycling induces cavitation, vapor bubbles form and collapse generating pressure waves, destabilizing the control valve and causing surface flutter because of the intermittent boost. Therefore flutter risk increases, rather than lockup, contamination, or brake issues that are affected by other failures.

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