cannoncd Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Hi all, I'm not a C-130 bubba, but I did fly on P-3's back in the day. I'm on the civilian side and looking a for a bit of knowledge from Herc pilots/maintainers. I've been reading through some maintenance documents particular to the exterior lighting system. The TO references aircraft modified by TO 1C-130-1167, which is a retrofit adding strobes to the anti-collision lights. I'm curious if this was a widespread retrofit and non-strobe ACLs are the exception, or it was only applied in a limited fashion. Any info would help...cheers and happy holidays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1dp Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Most military Herks had the mods. 1980s I recall. Belly strobe was tagged out on the ground because of brightness. Had to hit some override switch to test on preflight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannoncd Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 Interesting. Thanks! It appears as if only the top strobe has dimming functionality. Any ideas why they wouldn't include that on the belly strobe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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