bobdaley Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Good pic from Gerke Hofstra. An MC-130P chopping off its own hose. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyclark Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 What's this switch for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC10FE Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Neat pic, Bob. One time back in 1972, the hose on one our P-models at Korat wouldn't retract and the squib for the guillotine was bad. When they landed, they took out a whole string of runway lights. Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GVS Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Reminds me of an incident that took place where I worked. An A6 was IFRing from a NA6A with a buddy store.At the conclusion of the fueling the A6 went to break off but the hose basket wouldn't release from the probe.They flew around like this for several minutes.The tanker was towing the receiver around the sky but no joy.Finaly on a pre arranged verbal signal the tanker guillotined the hose,the receiver pitched up hard and the hose went down below but jamed hard between the right inlet splitter and the foreward fuselage doing a fair amount of damage. Both aircraft landed safely. The hose was a write off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NATOPS1 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 So why would you cut a hose? I have landed with one in trail several times with very little damage to the hose and drouge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEFEGeorge Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I don't have to worry about self-castration, the ex handled that pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDizzle Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 So why would you cut a hose? I have landed with one in trail several times with very little damage to the hose and drouge. In the MC-P book it is mandatory to chop the hose if more than a few feet are stuck out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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