bonzo

One thing I've always been curious about but never asked. On the H models why is the left side skin above the wheel well not painted? Is is because of a heat problem with the APUs and using a different type of metal there?

All I know is that it gets very hot there and the material is either titanium or stainless steel.

regular alu plating or the honeycomb would melt in these extreme temps.

greets bonzo

Ramrod,

Thats awesome......it makes it alot clearer.

thanks for the copy of the T.O.

bonzo

Ramrod, thanks for the answer.

makes it alot clearer why they are there.

but only answer I get is... the deer in the headlight look and "It's in the blueprint, I just install them"

I get the same answer

I am wondering if the Roller system(ADLS) has anything to do with it.

like a chain hitting the floor when the hooks for the pallets are open during loading and unloading ?

they are very thin stainless steel plates.

just my 2c for today.

Bonzo

CGretired,

She was in depot at hill last year, so I would say all TCTO's and other inspections are done but I would call some rep's at hill to find out.

They where there because some aircraft had fwd urinals. Talon II still does don't know if others!

Bischoffm :

Most hercs dont have the forward urinals anymore. One of the plates is right where you go from the flightdeck to the cargo compartment and covers some of the chine so really doesn't make sense.

guys,

this question isn't that technical but for the last few years I have been wondering what the plates on the floorboards right against the FS 245 are for.

They are the funny looking ones like halve moons etc there are 4 in total and they are different shapes.

they are thin stainless and nothing structural in my eyes.

who can shine a light on this?

thanks

Bonzo

guys,

I hate to speculate about what went wrong but here is my guess.

The spot lights in the top of the plane for loading and unloading the plane where on and cought the insulation on fire??

These lights put out some heat ! and where the bighole in the fuselage is thats where the light is.

Bonzo

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Thomas,

I have not seen anything more advanced than how we do it and that is run cabin pressure and do the hand/feel method.

Some people like to use plastic shopping bags on a stick to find leaks in hard to reach areas.

Sometimes if you have a big leak like on doors etc you can put surgical gloves in it from the inside to see where the leak is and it will be blown out.

I really dont wanna be in a smoke filled aircraft to find out where the leaks are. Thermal imaging would be nice since bleed air is hot?

What you could use is snoopy/ leak detection solution and spray the airplane and you will see bubbles. We did this once and it was a nightmare almost every rivet was leaking!!!! But then i think it was a 64FY so not too smart to try that on a old plane if you have a new airplane that should work.

Most leaks we find are around the cargo door and ramp, crewdoor, main landinggear area near the shelfbrackets. The other leaks you might find is in the arm pit area.

Good luck

Bonzo

hi guys,

I have the yellow and the blue book.

I prefer the yellow book it's much better than the blue book.

The blue book is missing the left hand side for the access panels.

The diagrams for the cabin pressure isn't as clear either in the blue book.

But then again these books are for quick REFERENCE for sytem operations only and they should NOT be used as technical orders.

I wished Lockheed would spend the time to make a book like the little yellow one.

I think there are toomany factors.

Tirepressure, type of surface you rolling it on,new tire or old tire, weight of the aircraft with or without fuel and with or without cargo.

Maybe a pilot can tell you, I just have a highschool diploma and fix aircraft.

Pilots have college degrees and fly the thing and break them for us.

To me its basicly a thing of releasing the breaks and if it doesnt move, just push the throttles a little more.

Hope that works.

Herky, Sorry to hear that you are still working out of those OLD OLD buildings. I hope it wasn't too cold this winter with all the snow etc.

tiny, I only used it on the cargobay windows.

If you use it on the flightdeck windows yeah you wanna seal

those voids.

herky400 didnt the BAF get a new hangar after the fire at melsbroek?

otherwise send it to vlb eindhoven they have nice hangars there I bet they dont mind

Guys, this is what you are looking for it's Hi-tak tape made by AV-dec.

I guess in change 14 of the 1C-130h-2-56JG they allow to use this tape instead of SKYFLEX

it's HT-3935-7-100 it's a polyurethane tape and it has no cure time and zero hazmat.

I have used it my self on windows and is dubble sided, under the floorboards we use the Tuf seal and has a teflon layer.

Here is a link to the website of av-dec

http://www.avdec.com/products/tapes/hi-tak-tape-ht-3935-7

Bonzo

Ok guys,I havent seen this one here.

Coffeegrinder= where the gimball linkage for the engine hook up to right be hind the horsecollar.

Did this go to Ogden or warner robins ?

When I watch this video

it's a C-5 Galaxy

I look at the landing gear on retraction. It takes a long time for one of the right MLG to retract. What's the big deal.!! is it a lack of hydraulic flow power or something else. There must be a good reason for it!............John Boy

Looks to me that the hydraulic pump is not putting out enough pressure and could be low on fuel.

I bet they had a red handle and some music in the cockpit

Forty years+ and truss mounts are still a pain in mx. butt. I guess some things never change.

For those field units receiving acft. from PDM with sealant installed suggest you query WRALC what TO they are using for authority.

Guys,

You would think that after 50 years of operating the C-130 somebody would have fixed all the little problems....... But nope that would be too easy.

As for the TO's we use at the depot , they are the same TO's the field units use so there is no difference, besides interpetation of the TO.

The TO's are supposed to be writen at a 8th grade level and that makes me wonder ?

Hi guys,

I was told that is has to do with the cargo door snubber valve that is on the E models. If you don't raise it up a little bit the door will come falling down.

I think that's the main reason why to select open first and then release.

Bonzo

Thanks Sck166:):D

It will be a bit before those make it. There are currently a big zero of them in Final Assembly... Wanna say we have 2 for Dyess AFB, Two for the Netherlands, A KC-130J for the Jarheads, and then as the photo of the month shows in Position 6, is the first HC-130J

P3 super bee,

I hate to tell you but the Netherlands didn't order any C-130J's

They just had 2 old EC-130Q's completely rebuild by Derco in the UK.

My best bet is that you ment NORWAY.

Bonzo

The LAC production numbers for the last three C-130J's delivered to Ramstein are # 5619/20/21.

But the question is what serial goes with what C/N???

06-8610 RS C-130J-30 5621 37th AS act dec09 23dec09

06-8611 RS C-130J-30 5622 37th AS act dec09 dec09

06-8612 RS C-130J-30 5623 37th AS act dec09

08-8602 RS C-130J-30 5611/37 37th AS act jun09 dec09

08-8603 RS C-130J-30 5613 37th AS act jun09 dec09

08-8604 RS C-130J-30 5612 37th AS act jun09 dec09

08-8605 RS C-130J-30 5615 37th AS act dec09

08-8606 RS C-130J-30 5614 37th AS act sep09 dec09

Note

08-8602 was seen in jun 09 with "86 OG" markings

08-8601 has "86AW" markings

08-8603 has "37 AS" marking

The first date means when people/ airplane spotters first reported it seen.

and last was the last time it was reported.

I got this info out of the scramble data base

Look at www.scramble.nl and look in database

It is a rich database and it's very much up to date.

Bonzo

PS 06-8610 callsign herky98 and 06-8612 callsign herky99 came in to RS on dec 23 2009 last 4 remain for 2010

here is the link

http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=58896

Bob,

0808612 is a 06 FY.

and there is a 06-08610

I noticed that the 06 FY where first noticed in dec 09.

But I am not sure if they are the ones you are looking for.

Bonzo

0808601

0808602

0808604

0808603

0808606

0808605

0808607

0608611

0808612

Guys,

In one of my C-130 books it says that the first 8 E models had the side door.

I do not know if that 's true but I know for a fact that the first E model has the door. 61-2358.