Super Hornet in Pensacola

[isshinwhat]

Anyone heard the extent of the damage to the Super Hornet that blew the tire at the airshow today?

 

[TheBubba]

minimal.

 

[NozeMan]

I was there, looked one of the struts was burried. The stabilator/nozzle also hit the ground a bit. They walked away and the show was rolling again withing 30 minutes.

 

[Fezz CB]

Yea, I too heard the tire blow as I was flippin burgers. Despite that, the Rhino put on one hell of a show. Made me wish that my class was offered more jet slots But I toured the P-3 and wasnt entirely disappointed

 

[flysupertomcat]

A tire blew on an F-14 at the 2004 Oceana airshow. Granted every situation is different but they put a new wheel/tire on it and it was good to go. I'm assuming they're designed to take minimal damage when this happens, but as always I could be wrong. Also, at the Oceana airshow the pilot dropped his hook as he was still rolling down the runway. Is that standard procedure for a blown tire? Any aviators care to impart knowledge?

 

[Brett327]

A tire blew on an F-14 at the 2004 Oceana airshow. Granted every situation is different but they put a new wheel/tire on it and it was good to go. I'm assuming they're designed to take minimal damage when this happens, but as always I could be wrong. Also, at the Oceana airshow the pilot dropped his hook as he was still rolling down the runway. Is that standard procedure for a blown tire? Any aviators care to impart knowledge?

If you have tire/gear issues, control and braking can become a problem. Many times it's safest to take a field arrestment.

Brett

 

[HAL Pilot]

Nellis Air Show

I went to the Nellis Air Show today. The F-18F there put on a great demonstration. I was severely disappointed that the F-22 only made a minimal appearance with none of its "tricks" The show was running a little late and the weather was closing in so I think they cut the F-22s performance to a couple of passes to get the Thunderbirds going.

Best demo at the show? The Belgium F-16 static display. All their pilots were standing around the plane in bags swilling beer .....

 

[gaetabob]

sounds like it was a great weekend for jets at NAS Pensacola...the B-1B blew 2 tires when it came in Thursday afternoon.

 

[JustAGuy]

Granted every situation is different but they put a new wheel/tire on it and it was good to go. I'm assuming they're designed to take minimal damage when this happens, but as always I could be wrong. Also, at the Oceana airshow the pilot dropped his hook as he was still rolling down the runway. Is that standard procedure for a blown tire? Any aviators care to impart knowledge?

One thing that tends to come with blown tires is pieces of the tire severing the brakeline. That being the case, yes, you want to take an arrestment in that situation. Even having to replace the brakeline it's a relatively quick job.

 

[Dawgfan]

The best part of that picture of the Rhino is that you can tell where in the world it happened, even without the Blues in the background. The Mossy Oak ballcap gives it away.

 

[USFpilot06]

Is that normal procedure for the hornet to swerve off the runway like that? I heard it is NATOPS procedure to eject due to the hornets tendancey to roll over. Any hornets guys who can chime in?

 

[Brett327]

Is that normal procedure for the hornet to swerve off the runway like that? I heard it is NATOPS procedure to eject due to the hornets tendancey to roll over. Any hornets guys who can chime in?

Please tell me you're not serious.

Brett

 

[MasterBates]

It's in the design for the -60's to self-eject the pilots when going off roading, but that is more of a function of the nose breakign off...

 

[jai5w4]

Blew both MLG tires.

Good series of pics in the link below. Scroll 1/3 of the way down. Nice catch on the photographer's part.

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php/topic,4587.30.html

-jai5w4

 

[FMRAM]

One thing that tends to come with blown tires is pieces of the tire severing the brakeline. That being the case, yes, you want to take an arrestment in that situation. Even having to replace the brakeline it's a relatively quick job.

Provided you have a spare brakeline handy...