APG85 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 OK, now I'm going to show my ignorance. What's all the black, Velcro looking stuff in the wheel well? Never seen it before.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkuest Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 OK, now I'm going to show my ignorance. What's all the black, Velcro looking stuff in the wheel well? Never seen it before.... It's how they mount the armor, with the help of some metal brackets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APG85 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I've never seen armor mounted to the ceiling of the wheel well. I've always seen it on the flight-deck floor. Is the mystery C/P interfering with the armor install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) The armor is to protect the flight controls and center console boxes. And yes, the C/P is in the way, along with those hydraulic tubes. Edited December 17, 2010 by tinyclark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APG85 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 r Re-route the hydraulic lines, rip out the C/P and beg for forgiveness later... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 That was the good old days, or if you are Guard or Reserve. We have to submit an AFTO 107 if we want to use a screw with a different thread to get engineering approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACFaja Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 For Money, Kingchief. It isn't APN59 stuff, if it was, I would know. There's usually a test equip receptacle right next to the -59 R/T unit. The connector has two large pins and 5 smaller ones, almost like it provides power to something. That's just a guess. Sounds like test equipment power. But like you said, that was usually lower down. If we still had 1832 or 1836, we could compare/contrast--but they're in the boneyard. Maybe someone could go look at 1857? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 It is a seven pin connector and two pins are bigger, but it's a larger size than the normal T/E receptacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepemflying130 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sorry, we did this mod. Nice install, but not well thought out. Your armor will have to be, like the plane, Frankened. You will fly a unique plane however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve haigler Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 KingChief, Good ex. of flt.station armor layout is T.O. 1C-130H-1 P.1-281 Fig. 1-94 sheet 1 of 5> Get ready to Bastardize. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Thinking back now, when I was with the 7th ACCS, all the birds still had the armor around the LOX converter. For some reason when they pulled the rest of the armor they never removed it from around the converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niallsaviation Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Heres a few pics of 62-1863 Taken on the 19th of July at Shannon (Ireland)it stayed for a week due to a fuel leak Reach 1863(62-1863)HC-130P by niallsaviation, on Flickr Reach 1863(62-1863)HC-130P by niallsaviation, on Flickr http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7182168 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdenn_58 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 We had an E model that had the same issue with the armor. The crew chiefs and chute shop had to manufacture the fit. This was at the Idaho ANG. I thought for a moment everyone was talking about our E, 62-1863. The IDANG no longer has the Hercs. I don't know if this tail was sent to Cheyenne or not, but the armor should have gone with it. You may give the Wyoming guys a call if they have that tail. If you would like, I can call back to my old unit and find out where that tail number was sent after the BRAC. As far as the plug, I sure thought it looked like a test equipment plug too, but if Tiny says that's not it then I don't have a clue what it is. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I thought for a moment everyone was talking about our E, 62-1863. 62-1863 is 62-1863 so yes that is the bird that was being talked about, it has been demoded from EC to E model back when they sh*tcanned the ABCCC mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdenn_58 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I have e mailed a few of the guys from my old unit to ask them about the armor. I will let you know if I hear anything back on it. I still can't remember doing anything with the test plug or if we ever connected anything to it. We always used the test equipment connector near the APN-59 R/T. I have asked some of the other avionics guys the question in the same e mail. Again, I will post here if I get a response back from them on these things or anything else. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 62-1863 is an HC-130P now, with UARRSI on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdenn_58 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 KingChief, I got a reply back from a friend of a friend about some extra armor out there if you are still interested. My friend for some reason sat on the e mail I sent and just got around to replying. PM me if you still need some armor. Rich We currently have Acft 62-1863 sitting on our line and we are currently trying to install armor on her. does anyone know what the closest aircraft the flightdeck is configured for, or have any pictures of this armor installed? I know this is one of the frankenherks that AFSOC rejected we could really use your help. we also have strange hydro lines and drains in the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilcamp@bellsouth.net Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 The armor was somewhat installed for Panama. the receptacle your talking about if I am not mistaken was for the nicu incubator. Not sure why that model got it but while I was in the unit 89-93 we used it for one mission from Keesler to Wilford hall. I was an AMT great mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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