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Single-Pilot KC-46 ops in INDOPACOM?

nittany03

nittany03

Recovering NFO. Herder of Programmers.
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wink said:
Have a buddy that won that lottery. A rare J52 explosion damaged so much he took a rocket ride.
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They usually did unless you shut it off quickly. Or so the Martin-Baker alumni told me.
 
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wink

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nittany03 said:
They usually did unless you shut it off quickly. Or so the Martin-Baker alumni told me.
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I'll never forget how I heard it. Was catching up on a call. What's shaken? "Porsche has a cracked frame. Haven't figured out how to handle it. Shelled out of a Prowler over the Olympics. Bought a boat." What?... No... you did what? "Bought a boat, yeah I know, but I am living on an island now."
 
sevenhelmet

sevenhelmet

Quaint ideas from yesteryear
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JustAGuy said:
? Had a FADEC commanded shutdown of an engine in Fallon as a RAG instructor with a a couple of solo students on my wing on their live day with live weapons of my own. I remember being very cavalier about it, like "Huh, my engine is rolling back. Weird. Huh, look ENG page says Shutdown, that's not supposed to happen."

FADEC just up and completely shit itself internally without any warning which would have been me in a parachute in a current single engine aircraft with where I was.
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FADEC issue only; the motor was mechanically fine?

That’s the first one of those I’ve heard of. Thanks for sharing.
 
gparks1989

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Hopeful Hoya said:
F-35 has dual FADECs on its engine. If one fails that is a no-shitter for us (especially if it was caused by the fuel being too hot and overheating the FADEC). It basically drives us to a flameout profile since if the second FADEC fails the engine will flameout with no manual backup available.

For all the downsides of a single engine the PW135 has been pretty beastly so far. We’ve had a couple instances of the engine ingesting broken refueling probe tips and it kept chugging along, it’s a big confidence booster.
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Fuzzy on the details, but I heard of someone ingesting something into the F404 on some flavor of F-18. The engine kept chugging and performing within spec. Only after borescoping the motor did they realize it was damaged beyond repair. Impressive capabilities these engines. Also evident why other countries have struggled producing jet engines in the past.
 
hlg6016

hlg6016

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No No No No. I keep thinking about my own aircrew days with my pilots making an IFR approach in zero vis weather while fighting vertigo, How is this a good idea?
 
croakerfish

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hlg6016 said:
No No No No. I keep thinking about my own aircrew days with my pilots making an IFR approach in zero vis weather while fighting vertigo, How is this a good idea?
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Well if you think you are going to lose more planes to Chinese IADS than CFIT, the math might work out.
 
phrogdriver

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hlg6016 said:
No No No No. I keep thinking about my own aircrew days with my pilots making an IFR approach in zero vis weather while fighting vertigo, How is this a good idea?
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Mins would probably be single pilot.

We need to ask why TACAIR can fly IFR approaches SP, and so can commercial helicopters.

What is the magical size that makes something impossible to fly by yourself?

In the old days, you needed two people to physically operate the systems. If that’s not a problem anymore, what is the limiting factor?

Serious question. Is it MGW, a certain number of passengers, what?
 
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The obvious solution is to put a NFO in the right seat to grab the gear, talk on the radio, scream "we are going to die" when relavent and provide that second set of eyes for two pilot approach mins. ??
 
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