Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Tomgoddman
Ok, I give up. The Hawg wasn't going to do anything at 35,000 feet that involved the gun, it could barely fly there. I only saw FL 290 and that was pretty dumb. If you weren't using the gun, the washing system wasn't needed at 350, so what was the test about?
GF
800 hours of Hawg time, very little above a 5,000 feet except for translants.
They wanted to test the washer in sub-freezing temperatures, and that was a quick way to do it. I think the residue problem was eventually solved by changing the "gunpowder" formula. We did lose one A-10 when gun gasses caused a double engine rollback at low altitude.