tinyclark

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!!

I'm not sure what pulley assy your are referring to, or what the -9 is.

All I can say is, go drive in Naples (the Saigon of Europe) for a few days.

Oh sure, how the hell else would one remove and install a 2'x3'x18" antenna while trying to hold onto the ladder!

Here's what we were supposed to use it for, changing the big VOR antenna in the tail.

Last time I saw one changed was over 5 years ago. I couldn't tell you what it looked like cause I've slept since then.

I only got involved because there was a "fit" problem.

Sorry.

Damn, dude, I hope I didn't piss in your Wheaties...

BTW, the older exchanger, 85027-1, has a paint requirement on the upper level drawing, so if this new one needed paint, it should be so stated.

If it came in with no paint, then why would one assume it requires it, especially if it's CRES.

Stainless normally isn't painted since it takes a special application process. That, and it would be a dumb idea, which, well, OK, this is the USAF... I digress.

You said it yourself though, there is not enough evidence to support that it requires paint.

Quit looking at the glass as half empty, look at it the way I do, the glass is too small.

Don't use the -1 at the end of the number, use a %.

Here's the part list and notes.

Where I always find them...

I am authorized to view them through JEDMICS.