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  1. When I was at Camp Lemonier I heard stories of ACs that stopped by but never saw any myself.
  2. That must be comforting as a pilot to use another crashed airplane as a landmark.
  3. Good stuff, thanks for the info. I know very little about the ASIP program, only that it never comes up for us despite flying '66 airframes. I thought the center wing box might have had something to do with it. Now I know. Our MCPs are all somewhere close to 22,000 hours.
  4. How is the ASIP program being run for the MC-130P? In the -6 the sections for MC-E and MC-P are "reserved". Where is the Air Force getting data for these planes? I was thinking they could just be using data from all the other herks to track trends across the entire fleet including MC-Ps. Anyone know how it works for sure?
  5. Wow that's crazy to see the bird actually getting shredded. I've only seen the aftermath on the ground. Although the airplane tears up birds at 200mph I'm always amazed at how much damage the birds do to the plane as well.
  6. Not to hijack or anything but does anyone have some info on the old ODS (overhead delivery system)? I know our herks used to have it but it was removed way before I ever showed up. I guess the shadows had it, maybe the talons or HCs had it too?
  7. Yeah, you're right. My bad.
  8. What this triangular pod thing above the gear and what's the thing above the center windscreen between the horns? I've seen my share of MC-130s but these two mods are new to me.
  9. I was just looking at the dimensions and measurements in the 00GE and as best I can make out the outer fuselage is 14'-3" wide and 12'-4" tall, so it's not a perfect circle as we already knew. The nose is about 85" long.
  10. Is the paint scheme going to change for the guard rescue herks now that they're ACC or will they keep the standard AFSOC scheme?
  11. Did someone change a wheel assembly recently and screw up installing the spacer or bearing?
  12. damnpoor

    Tdy's

    I always like taking the herk to airports and parking at FBOs. The look on everyone's face when a giant herk comes up to some little FBO is awesome. The people there are always really helpful as if it is some honor to help out a military crew whenever they can. We went to an FBO in Salt Lake City and they parked us with wings overlapping another airplane. After the AC saw this he told me that next time he wanted me to marshal them in because he didn't trust the civilian guys.
  13. On a related note...I just found this photo while cruising the net. I imagine it's an old Navy herk lost someone on Antarctica maybe? http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=91282
  14. I agree with the touchdown relay idea, and also remember antiskid is normally inoperative below 15kts.
  15. SEFEGeorge wrote: The official report said fuel starvation, but shortly afterwards bulletins were sent out by the air force about rollback and syncrophasers. Many people accuse the Air Force of not conducting the investigation properly and coming to the quick and easy conclusion instead of admitting that known sycro problems were to blame. \"HQ AFSOC/DOV APR97 MSG 165 SUBJ: THlS MESSAGE CONTAINS INTERIM SAFETY SUPPLEMENTS FOR THE C-130 AIRCRAFT ENGINE POWER-LOSS LOW VOLTAGE ON THE ESSENTIAL AC BUS CAN CAUSE ALL FOUR ENGINES TO LOSE TORQUE. WHEN THE AC VOLTAGE IS BETWEEN 50 AND 70 VOLTS, THE SYNCHROPHASER AND TEMPERATURE DATUM AMPLIFIER CAN MALFUNCTION CAUSING TORQUE TO DROP 2,000 INCH-POUNDS OR MORE. AN ANOMALY INVOLVlNG THE ESSENTIAL AC BUS CAN INDUCE AN EFFECT AMONG MULTlPLE SYSTEMS RESULTING IN A SIMULTANEOUS OR SEQUENTIAL POWER LOSS, NORMALLY AFFECTING ALL ENGINES. INDICATlONS MAY VARY AND INCLUDE ANY COMBINATlON OF ABNORMAL TORQUE, RPM, TIT, AND FUEL FLOW. WARNlNG IF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE NOT INITIATED PROMPTLY, FLAME OUT OF ALL ENGINES IS POSSIBLE\"
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