Dan Wilson

Better watch out, that thing may give the T2 a bad case of \"Nose Envy\" Dan

I don\'t remember seeing this posted here yet but figured I would pass on the link that Zak sent me. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a6e5bd83e-5a30-4415-97ec-da2c12a903f6 Dan

Hillary don\'t need no plane to fly! Dan

and Merry Christmas from me and mine to all y\'all Dan

The one mile kill radius thing is BS. Its an unconfirmed answer to someones question, and I have a huge problem believing that the small amount (relatively) of chemicals would be lethal outside of 2 or 300 feet (Probably some green peacer type smelly hippy homo made that answer!). No collateral damage, targets that melt, man where is the fun in that? Of course if they could manage to make hadji\'s melt that would make good footage but I much prefer to watch their bits clear the explosion Dan

So thats 85whore in its prior incarnation huh? Wonder if it has always been an avionics disaster! Zak, hows the weather up there? I think I am going to cancel Christmas here until it at least gets below 80!!!! Dan

YES Rollback can be by more than 2000 per engine (regardless what “avoid litigation Lockheed†says, mine was probably more like 4k per engine (it’s been awhile) but first indication was very large swings of torque on all four engines stabilizing (sorta) very low. Personally I never had any serious problems with the solid state amp; hell only had minimal problems with the old analog amps, usually nothing more than potentiometer adjustment problems. Well your asking several questions here but that’s okay, regardless whether your more interested in Partial Loss of Ess AC Bus or 4 engine rollback they all pretty much tie into each other and its really hard to talk about one without involving the other. A little background on 4 eng rollback, they don’t know what or how it’s caused, they didn’t know what or how it was caused when I started flying in 85 and they still didn’t know what or how it was caused when I retired in 04. Over the years Partial loss went from like 10 or 12 steps, down to 4 or 5 and it’s probably back up to 10 or 12 steps again. This just shows they don’t know what is causing the problem, over the years they thought they eliminated this or that so dropped it from the procedure just to have to add it back on after later on. Especially after that IDIOTIC B.A.R .after the HC crash! But I do know Sync problems and TD problems tie together with a loss of ESS AC bus failure and four engine rollback. Personally there really is no problem is you have a TOTAL loss of the bus, the problem happens when you have low voltage on a phase of the buss with or without loss of the other phases of the buss, from that point, to this day, Following the HC crash into the Pacific, Lockheed came right out and said there was no such thing as a four engine rollback (lets do the litigation avoidance dickdance) then after everybody shows Lockheed the pubs that Lockheed has talked about this issue for the last god knows how many decades they finally admitted to it. BUT Lockheed also said that the change from tube type to solid state syncrophasers did decrease the amount of rollbacks BUT that when they did occur they were more severe!! The TD system will fall into the equation when you get low voltage across one or more of the phases for the amp, I would tend to think that solid state will act worse with low voltage than any analog circuit will, computerized systems do all sorts of stupid things when you don’t feed them right. But as to how much more a solid state will contribute to the rollback problem vs. an old analog amp. I don’t really think they attribute a much larger problem with the solid state TD amp than with the old amp during a rollback or any other TD system problem. We would always know if we had a solid state or analog syncrophasers, they each had separate procedures but with the TD amp the change is transparent and you would have to open the cowling to tell which one you have, emergency procedures were exactly the same as well and I don’t even think the flight manual split out the difference between the two in systems description. I don’t think this really answers your questions completely but for an operator, chances are slim if you ever know which TD amp you had after you’ve had a problem. Mr. Fisher, sorry if I was a little sharp as well. That’s been specialty of mine for decades – overreaction!! Sorry, and yes your right my comment did nothing to answering the mans question, guess I am getting lazy(er) lately. Dan

The FE website is probably close to a decade out of date, have tried many times to update my info with no luck. Dan

Thats okay, the frogs didn\'t like anything! Including speaking understandable English!! Dan

To be honest it would make sense to change them all out, that thinwall steel is getting pretty damn old. I had one in the cargo comp go while I was sitting back there having a smoke, what a god awful squeal it made! We had to divert into Aviano, since we didnt have the fuel to make a no-pressure route through the alps (coming back from a triple shuttle into Sarajevo). We ordered a new duct and the stuff was so old flanges on the leading and lagging duct cracked putting the new duct in! AWWWWW another week at the Alpino, swilling cappuccino and eating pasta. Dan

cfisher wrote: Wow, all I can say is I have a long resume too but I don\'t feel the need to post it to show how important I WAS Now listen to this YOU ASS, I was referring to myself OKAY, I have embarassed myself MANY times over twenty some odd years (and I can admit it too). I think you have a inflated sense of importance to make a reply like that. You are not flying these anymore so your importance is the same as mine as an EX FE! God I cant believe I am even replying to this. Now if you not the \"Prima Donna\" that you post makes me think you are then I am sorry but show me the FE that has NEVER screwed up a checklist and I will show you someone that is pathetically self deluded. Dan

AETC assets should go to zero!!! AETC is the biggest friggin joke you ever seen unless you fly a white jet. Dan

Actually your wrong on this but you have good company. Ask most aircrew and they will give you the same reason for purging that you stated above. In Actuality, the manifold is purged on non TCTO 949(?)aircraft to prevent a highly visible white trail (fuel vapor) that leads directly to the aircraft making the plane very easy to spot even if your down in the terrain. I don\'t care how much you camouflage, a white trail is quite visible day or night. The purging never really worked anyways, it was almost impossible to get a pilot to hold a heavy skid long enough to get it all out, it actually took awhile for all the fuel to empty out. On 949 birds you don\'t have to worry about this since the x valves are controlled by switches on the overhead instead of the touchdown switches. I am a little out of date but they still had the purge in the combat entry when I retired in 04 Dan

Yep, when you bolox up your checklist like that first indication you will get is you can hear the ATM winding down in your headset. Uh so I have been told - as I have never screwed up any checklist:side: Dan

It still drains out the old sump drain line. What they did was just run a bypass around the manual sump drain valve and stuck a solenoid valve in there that is controlled on the overhead. Yep, know all about the rubber hoses. When I first came to shadows they were pretty new at the UARRSI thing so never knew about it, just kept coming in IFE with fuel fumes. Told em to look at the gunships, the hose just moves the drain out far enough so the airflow doesn\'t take it right back in thru the paratroop doors LOL. Guess I had a leg up on them doing the UARRSI thing when I first crosstrained on the EC-E\'s so was just four years non-current when I got to the 9th. Didn\'t take much to dust it off. Dan

Not a herk but one of those memorable movie moments that you never forget and are often referenced! Dan

HAH, I have had more than one good laugh at the idiots that do that. In over twenty years as an FE I never did that and couldn\'t understand those that did. \"but what if you have fuel in there\" Well I guess theres fuel in there and I don\'t know it - oh well! Roger that on the UARRSI drain, procedure was \"Line Drain - ON\" you selected this for 8-10 minutes to run the regular drain pump. \"Sump Drain - ON\" for 1-2 minutes. this is the sump drain. And yes it is a fire hazard to have fuel back there if you blow a tire BUT I really never worried too much about it, its just been a procedure as long as I was on the Herk. Could they do away with it and be reasonably safe - YES Maybe someone should submit a change to eliminate the step, even if its denied maybe they will give you an \"Official\" reason for keeping the step in. Dan

Actually you don\'t do it because of a rock. You drain the sump for the probable chance of a blown tire. I have seen several tires blown in my time and some did nothing but others did major damage, including tearing out the whole SPR area piping. So yes, you drain it for a very real reason. Dan

cfisher wrote: That is really funny in a sad sort of way:P Dan

Well I guess something need to keep the pilots honest now that there is no power mad flashlight wielding enlisted skum there make sure everything gets into the forms that needs to be there:woohoo: Dan

So your saying it (J model) aint nuthin but a damn spy trying to take the fun out of flying? Man and I didn\'t like the CVR spying on me, I think I would just melt down on the J Dan

George, yes the manufacturer says 60 degrees but remember lockheeds data provided to the customer is a recommendation for safe operations, the user can use the aircraft however they like.....but must be willing to accept the consequences. The airplane flies fine in a 90 if the pilot does his job, I have even been to (approx)110 degrees and no problem (another story altogether). For example, the navy allows an exception - see the blue angels herk every show. Dan

Pretty impressive airshow performance Dan

Pretty sure some of you have seen these before but just in case: I thought I had a second part to this but cant find it. Enjoy Dan

Must lose something in the translation:side: Dan