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Originally Posted by bunk22
(Post 803792)
I never flew the COD with the NP2000. I thought these new props were not supposed to pitchlock. I had a prop pitchlock in the COD while in the pattern at Miramar and if handled properly, no issue. But that was the old prop.
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Originally Posted by Grumble
(Post 803805)
I had an O-5, who I'd believe if he told me the sky was pink, tell me that you won't see NP2000 on the COD due to it's inability to fly on one engine with a pitch locked prop. You can imagine if it that happened with a load of VIPs.
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It's physically impossible for the NP2000 to pitchlock. It has no mechanism to do so. With a loss of hydraulic pressure the blades are free to rotate about their longitudinal axis and by design the airflow will drive the blades to feather (similar to a T-34C, except it has springs to help). What appears to be going on is there is an area in the envelope where this won't necessarily happen and the "will" becomes a "should". A windmilling NP2000 has significantly more drag than the 4-bladed one did (which was dumped because the overhaul capacity disappeared).
BTW, the Choctaw bird was one of the evil, evil, Group 1 TE-2C's. Once we found out everyone was safe, the community cheered that that thing burned up. Should have been scrapped at least 10 years prior. Spongebob |
Originally Posted by BDGERJMN
(Post 803868)
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You know if it's headed to the fleet? The first fleet CODs being modified with the CNS/ATM compliant Rockwell-Collins Proline systems are in work now. 3/4 glass (engine instruments and some others stay put), FMS, VNAV guidance (same POS autopilot though)...good stuff. E-2's have had some issues integrating with the back-end systems but that appears to be solved; expecting the 2nd E-2 conversion this summer. Spongebob |
And here I thought only the JOPA spread rumors. Before you know it you guys will be hitting the boat at night again. :D
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You say you were with VAW-126 in the early 90's. Are you by chance referring to the crash on July 31,1992? My dad, Thomas Plautz, died in that crash and I'm trying to contact anybody that knows anything about it?
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Originally Posted by Duksrule
(Post 799871)
The bird that had to be shot down by an F-18 was from VAW-122. It had a fire, I think in the wing, and was heading to Iran when they shot it down.
Rumor on this latest one is that the bird was on an FCF flight. The oil leak was so bad that it caused the prop on the engine not to feather. I was in VAW-126 back in the early 90's when we put one in the water. Unfortunately all 5 onboard went in with it. I can still remember their names to this day. Oddly enough that was also due to a fire. The E-2 is a work horse just like the C-2. I remember during the first gulf war we flew one pretty much non-stop for almost a week because the others we had were broke. It would be the first recovery in the cycle, hot seat, and last launch in the next cycle. |
Originally Posted by RyanPlautz
(Post 826269)
You say you were with VAW-126 in the early 90's. Are you by chance referring to the crash on July 31,1992? My dad, Thomas Plautz, died in that crash and I'm trying to contact anybody that knows anything about it?
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