tinyclark

Ext tank front tip is .055" thick after being worked, the rest of the front nose part is .066".

Isn't the foam supposed to prevent hard fuel shifts?

Anyone ever hear that "squawk code xxxx" came from the origins of the (IFF) Ident, Friend or Foe system, which was code named parrot?

Well, what Dan said, "On the ground - to close the door you take the switch to "open" and then you pull what is supposed to be the "emergency" release lever/handle.

It just takes about 500 mSecs or so, you just want to take the weight off the lock.

My point is DON"T hold the open switch in the up position, it may rip the structure apart. You can actually see the bottom skin of the door move a bit if you look where the actuator is attached.

BUT, I'm just a pointy head, so take it with a grain of NaCl. Now, if ya wanna talk IFF or TACAN...

This is out of our job guide.

Please make sure you just bump the switch. We had the actuator fittings torn off a door, and another off the aircraft side by someone who didn't understand that hydraulics is a powerful thing.

Accoding to the -33GS, it should go dim red.

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Look at serial number 3843.

Why are the prop tips flat, or squared off. Anything is writing that 'splains it?

Tiny,

You're really dating yourself there! Here's the article from the 4/18/79 Stars & Stripes. No mention of the photographer being run over, although I remember reading about it in a later issue.

BTW, it was a Northwest Orient 747 & the runway was 25L

I don't throw anything away. Still have the article about the C-5 that landed on 07R on 8/29/79 with the nose gear retracted.

Don R.

See how cloudy stuff gets after 30 years.

I bet that they have the door wide open to give room to chunk the chocks in...would hate to see the guy yanking on the rope to get run over if he fell or lost traction.

Speaking of run over, there was a photographer run over by the MLG of a Flying Tiger 747 at Rhein Main, whilst they were towing it off the runway due to a collapsed NLG.

I don't know what the bill was from Frankfurt Airport, but the 747 had one of the two runways closed for over 18 hours.

Funny how little things bring back memories.

I guess they would have to be broken to be bad, but given the fact that it is fiber reinforced, that probably won't happen.

How will they order it if it is bad? There is nothing in the new -4 series on the board installation. There is in the old E-4, but the boards aren't available to order, no NSNs.

The board drawing just says the material is FRP Polyester Glass Fabric, material spec LACI-939, .040" thick. Hell, that should be easy to find.

Part Number 398370-3 and -4 Elevator Counter Balance Weights are made from depleted Uranium. However, Part Number 398370-5 and -6 Elevator Counter Balance Weights are made from Tungsten and were incorporated into production on aircraft 5536 and consistently installed from aircraft 5539 and subsequent. The -5 and -6 Counter Balance Weights are a direct replacement for the -3 and -4.

Thanks!!

I can't find any IPB that shows the -3 or -4 weight assemblies to be installed on our aircraft. Maybe they used them for foreign military sales so they didn't have to bury it...

I know this has come up before, and I swear I saw a drawing of a counterweight made with depleted uranium, but I can't find anything on it now.

I even looked up all the old weights from the A model drawings, and no luck.

Does anyone know for sure, and have a reference, that uranium was used on the C-130?

Maybe it was a C141 drawing I saw. I know we had it on those machines.

I know this has come up before, and I swear I saw a drawing of a counterweight made with depleted uranium, but I can't find anything on it now.

I even looked up all the old weights from the A model drawings, and no luck.

Does anyone know for sure, and have a reference, that uranium was used on the C-130?

OK Tiny, if we end up with a bunch of Barry White impersonators running around the flight line we know who to blame!

I remember changing those freon bottles a couple times.......didn't seem to be enough room for me and the bottle in the same space at the same time.

BTW: that suggestion I mentioned earlier in the thread was reviewed and "improved" by Bill Blaylock before I submitted it.

Good old Bill Blaylock. I took his position at Pope after he retired.

Good old SF6

Man I really hated hauling those bottle carts around but at least I didn't become one of the "leak testers" for it:D

Dan

SF6 isn't really a dangerous gas, except that it is heavier than air. The only danger is if there is sparking in the waveguide, which causes a chemical change in it, making it dangerous.

You can inhale it and it will cause the opposite of helium, so you sound like Barry White. I saw the science guy do this on David Letterman.

BUT, you have to stand on your hands/head to get the gas out of your lungs.

Got some decent money for the change from Freon to SF6 on the AWADS Ka pressure system. Would have gotten more if Special Ops went with it.

OH, they finally did make the change I guess, when they found out how much Freon 116 costs with only one user.

How many of you guys remember using TALAR? I remember seeing it installed, and wonder if it actually worked.

I used to try and lay on some equipment (power unit) or a loaded pallet if it was flat enough.

Some of this brings back memories of my first trip to Thailand. My dad was stationed in Bangkok from 65-67. We lived in a big house downtown and had a gardner and maid. I rememeber walking to the jewelry stores, to the markets, etc.

It seemed kind of tropical to me, with all the palms and fruit we had all the time. We used to pick mangos off the trees. Plenty of trips to Pataya too.

I was only 11 when we left, so I didn't get to check out any of the other fruit until I went to Khorat in 74.

TCTO 1199 was done in 1989-91, replacing the old 618T vacuum tube radio. That's what I'm saying, the caps should have been removed at that time.

Ya know, your problem got me to thinking, which I try to steer away from, but I did it anyway. I couldn't remember having a capacitor on the mic line in the shop while working on the ARC-190, so I didn't understand why they needed one on the aircraft on a new system. I looked at the TCTO that installed the ARC-190 1c-130-1199, and guess what I found... they were supposed to have been removed!!

Funny you should mention a spill, and I don't mean to hijack a thread, but an 74 model at the 'Dorf had some coke spilled on the autopilot control box. The AP1 button was stuck down. Shortly after takeoff, the A/P engaged itself. It was pucker factor time, I am sure.

Yea, if there is a small spill, write it up.

By the way, Tiny, I've been instructed by my com nav counterparts to inform you, that you are the man :cool:

I sent you a private message about your wiring diagram.

The only two pulley I see mentioned in any of the books I have are the Snatch Block cable pulley, and the Overhead Delivery System hoist pulley.

I don't have a copy of the -9, so i can't see what pulley you guys are referring to, or where it is.

Not really, I've just been doing this for too long.

Did I mention I get to RETIRE this year????? Woohoo!!