Brand
Mobil (ExxonMobil)
Type
Aviation hydraulic fluids
Primary standard
Mil-H-5606A
Manufacturer code
201550401020

Mobil Aero HFA

Mineral hydraulic fluid for older aircraft, to MIL-H-5606A, down to −54 °C

Specifications

Manufacturer code
201550401020
Availability
On order

Manufacturer's description

Mobil Aero HF Series comprises Mobil Aero HFA and Mobil Aero HF, low-viscosity, high-viscosity-index hydraulic fluids formulated for aircraft systems where hydrocarbon-based hydraulic fluids are required. Composed of mineral base oil with shear-stable VI improvers, both fluids offer excellent low-temperature properties, good anti-wear performance and good chemical stability. Mobil Aero HFA meets the (now obsolete) U.S. Military specification MIL-H-5606A and is suitable for use down to -54°C, still found in older private and commercial aircraft as well as industrial and commercial equipment. Mobil Aero HF is approved against the current MIL-PRF-5606 specification, meets the "super-clean" requirements of modern aircraft hydraulic systems, and carries NATO Code H-515; it is used primarily in military aircraft but also serves small private/commercial aircraft and as a landing-gear strut fluid on large commercial aircraft. Both fluids offer a high viscosity index for wide-temperature-range operation and good chemical and oxidation stability, resisting acidic by-products, varnish and deposit formation, ensuring reliable performance of pumps, servo-valves and other hydraulic system components.

Applications

  • Mobil Aero HFA is a premium quality fluid that meets the quality requirements of the U.S. Military specification MIL-H-5606A (now obsolete). It has a very high VI and is suitable for use at temperatures down to -54 ºC (-65 ºF). While this quality fluid is no longer used by the U.S. Military, it is still used in some older, small private, and commercial aircraft. It is also used in industrial and commercial equipment requiring good fluidity at very low temperatures, where Mobil Aero HFA provides long, trouble-free service over a wide range of operating conditions. Mobil Aero HF is a premium quality fluid that is approved against the most current version of U.S. Military specification MIL-PRF-5606. It has physical properties very similar to Mobil Aero HFA, and also meets "super-clean" requirements required by modern aircraft hydraulic systems. It is intended primarily for military aircraft, but it is also used as a hydraulic fluid for small private and commercial aircraft, and as a strut fluid in landing gear of large commercial aircraft. It is a NATO Code Number H-515 fluid.

Performance & benefits

  • High Viscosity Index (VI)Allows equipment operation over a wide range of temperatures
  • Excellent low temperature propertiesProvides high performance operation in low ambient conditions
  • Good chemical and oxidation stabilityResists the formation of acidic constituents, varnishes, and deposits
  • Meets "super clean" requirements of U.S. Spec. MIL-PRF-5606 (AeroEnsures reliable performance of pumps, servo-valves and other hydraulic system
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Standards & approvals

  • MIL-PRF-5606J

    MIL-PRF-5606J — aviation hydraulic fluid

    The US military specification for the red mineral hydraulic fluid used in aviation and military ground equipment, serviceable from −54 °C.

Also listed

  • Mil-H-5606A
  • NATO H-515

Approved for

  • MIL

Typical characteristics

PropertyTypical valueMethod
API gravity°API30ASTM D287
Acid numbermgKOH/g0.03 (0.2 max)ASTM D664
Bulk Modulus, Isothermal secant at 40 C/4000 psipsi200,000 minASTM D6793
ColourRedVisual
Copper strip corrosion, 72 hrs at 135 C1B (2E max)ASTM D130
Corrosion and Oxidation stability, 168 hours at 135 CRatingPASSASTM D4636
Density @ 60 F, lb/gal7.26CALCULATED
Flash point, Cleveland Open Cup°C107 (93 min)ASTM D92
Flash point, Pensky-Martens Closed Cup°C92ASTM D93
Foam, Sequence I, Stabilityml0ASTM D892
Foam, Sequence I, Tendencyml36 (65 max)ASTM D892
Four-Ball Wear Test, Scar Diameter, 40 kg, 1200 rpm, 1 h, 75 Cmm0.6 (1.0 max)ASTM D4172
Kinematic viscosity -40 FcSt450 (500 max)ASTM D445
Kinematic viscosity 130 FcSt10.4 (10.0 min)ASTM D445
Kinematic viscosity @ -54 Cmm2/s1900ASTM D445
Kinematic viscosity @ 100 Cmm2/s5.2ASTM D445
Kinematic viscosity @ 40 Cmm2/s14.0ASTM D445
Low temperature stability, 72 hrs @ - 54 CPASSFTM 3459
Pour point°C-64 (-60 max)ASTM D97
Specific gravity 60 F / 60 F0.872ASTM D4052
Viscosity index370ASTM D2270
Water, Karl-Fischerppm50 (100 max)ASTM D1744

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