The pic of the feathered engine makes me want to ask... do P-3's shut down 2 and run the others at higher power to get a better loiter time?
Ususally shut down #1 only... unless things have changed in the last 25 years.
The pic of the feathered engine makes me want to ask... do P-3's shut down 2 and run the others at higher power to get a better loiter time?
Ususally shut down #1 only... unless things have changed in the last 25 years.
The pic of the feathered engine makes me want to ask... do P-3's shut down 2 and run the others at higher power to get a better loiter time?
VA-145 KA-6D 1974
VF-21 Freelancers F-4J Phantom II tanks from VA-25 Fist of the Fleet A-7E over the Tonkin Gulf, spring 1973.
We used to shut down 2 engines all the time, especially in the IO.Ususally shut down #1 only... unless things have changed in the last 25 years.
I have a question about this picture. It looks like the A-6 has fuel tanks hung under each wing for tanking other aircraft. If for some reason it had to recover with most of the fuel still on board would it be able to land with that fuel load, dump the fuel or pickle the tanks?
As long as you're at or below MAX-TRAP, you're good-to-go ... UNLESS you've got fuel in one of the wing drops and a failure to XFER ... then it's got to go because of lateral stress on the arresting gear and/or aircraft -- at least that's the way it "was" .... :sleep_125I have a question about this picture. It looks like the A-6 has fuel tanks hung under each wing for tanking other aircraft. If for some reason it had to recover with most of the fuel still on board would it be able to land with that fuel load, dump the fuel or pickle the tanks?
If its like the prowler you would either dump whats left in the tanks or transfer it to the main bag. Trapping with fuel in the wings or drop tanks is bad. No need to drop tanks
As long as you're at or below MAX-TRAP, you're good-to-go ... UNLESS you've got fuel in one of the wing drops and a failure to XFER ... then it's got to go because of lateral stress on the arresting gear and/or aircraft -- at least that's the way it "was" .... :sleep_125
KA-6 Tankers have had that experience on a regular basis -- i.e., more than once in my case ... it's a very expensive fuel XFER problem when looking for that bottom line as you selective jettison off the offending drop tank ...
As long as you're at or below MAX-TRAP, you're good-to-go ... UNLESS you've got fuel in one of the wing drops and a failure to XFER ... then it's got to go because of lateral stress on the arresting gear and/or aircraft -- at least that's the way it "was" .... :sleep_125
KA-6 Tankers have had that experience on a regular basis -- i.e., more than once in my case ... it's a very expensive fuel XFER problem when looking for that bottom line as you selective jettison off the offending drop tank ...