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Lightweight, and the C130J has a lot more grunt than the C130K did. Nice Tac departure. 
That doesn't look like a loop to me though, more a stretched out wingover; the a/c is rolling and pitching together. Additionally the Max G limit on C-130K was 3G (I assume the J is the same) so I'm not even sure you could achieve a full blown loop without an overstress.
That doesn't look like a loop to me though, more a stretched out wingover; the a/c is rolling and pitching together. Additionally the Max G limit on C-130K was 3G (I assume the J is the same) so I'm not even sure you could achieve a full blown loop without an overstress.
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Lightweight, and the C130J has a lot more grunt than the C130K did. Nice Tac departure.
That doesn't look like a loop to me though, more a stretched out wingover; the a/c is rolling and pitching together. Additionally the Max G limit on C-130K was 3G (I assume the J is the same) so I'm not even sure you could achieve a full blown loop without an overstress.
I was thinking in terms of a Chandelle with a wing over, but it's very difficult to tell without multiple angles.That doesn't look like a loop to me though, more a stretched out wingover; the a/c is rolling and pitching together. Additionally the Max G limit on C-130K was 3G (I assume the J is the same) so I'm not even sure you could achieve a full blown loop without an overstress.
Dr Jekyll said:
I was there... Looked like a loop to me, and it was advertised as such,Would be surprised, given the crowd if he didn't loop it on that basis.
Interesting film on the Gannett - I didn't realise there was one still flying....
We were at the Fleet Air Arm Museum the other week and they have one on display... big old ugly bird... but strangely captivating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoWIePrKqc
We were at the Fleet Air Arm Museum the other week and they have one on display... big old ugly bird... but strangely captivating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoWIePrKqc
Cheeky Jim said:
Interesting film on the Gannett - I didn't realise there was one still flying....
We were at the Fleet Air Arm Museum the other week and they have one on display... big old ugly bird... but strangely captivating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoWIePrKqc
As you say an ugly bird, but did its job well, if it hadn't been retired just before the Falklands war, things would have been very different ( yes it also needed cat and trap )We were at the Fleet Air Arm Museum the other week and they have one on display... big old ugly bird... but strangely captivating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnoWIePrKqc
The engine is interesting ( there is one on display at Duxford) it actually twin jet and in flight one could be shut down to save fuel.
The present AEW helicopters for me really don't cut it for me,they are operating in an area they were never designed for, hopefully a drone will be able to do the job in the future.
The old conatant speed variable noise machine as my old dad used to call it and pilots did shut down one half of the Twin Mamba turboprop to extend the range.
The one flying in the US is a T5, made up of bits from several aircraft I believe. An AEW3 (XL500) that my dad flew was being restored to fly in this country although things have gone a bit quiet on that front.
The one flying in the US is a T5, made up of bits from several aircraft I believe. An AEW3 (XL500) that my dad flew was being restored to fly in this country although things have gone a bit quiet on that front.
CobolMan said:
The old conatant speed variable noise machine as my old dad used to call it and pilots did shut down one half of the Twin Mamba turboprop to extend the range.
From what a read, each engine drove a separate propeller so this technique meant it appeared to be flying with the engine stopped, Dr Jekyll said:
CobolMan said:
The old conatant speed variable noise machine as my old dad used to call it and pilots did shut down one half of the Twin Mamba turboprop to extend the range.
From what a read, each engine drove a separate propeller so this technique meant it appeared to be flying with the engine stopped, Escapegoat said:
ISTR she was a bit nonplussed by the lavatorial arrangements.
From experience I can imagine she was!Flat floor Hercs had either 3 or 4 urinals (one either side of the fuselage just aft of the ramp hinge) and 1 or 2 on the rear face of Stn 245 (the bulkhead between the freight bay and the flight deck).
Additionally there was an elsan just forward of the aft port urinal that was on a frame and which could be lowered into place when the ramp was closed. It had a curtain around it.
The urinals were connected to the a/c pressurisation system such that they continuously vented overboard during fight. The upshot of this was that they continuously gurgled. It was quite un-nerving!
MartG said:
Yes - they'd shut one down then after an hour restart it and shut the other one down to keep the engine hours more or less equal
I've got a scanned slide of the engine instruments taken by the old man which shows exactly that. He told me once that if one of the props didn't feather correctly then they were going down. Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Escapegoat said:
ISTR she was a bit nonplussed by the lavatorial arrangements.
From experience I can imagine she was!Flat floor Hercs had either 3 or 4 urinals (one either side of the fuselage just aft of the ramp hinge) and 1 or 2 on the rear face of Stn 245 (the bulkhead between the freight bay and the flight deck).
Additionally there was an elsan just forward of the aft port urinal that was on a frame and which could be lowered into place when the ramp was closed. It had a curtain around it.
The urinals were connected to the a/c pressurisation system such that they continuously vented overboard during fight. The upshot of this was that they continuously gurgled. It was quite un-nerving!
Not the most sophisticated system, or the most private to use.
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