Latest version of operating limitations include the following statement:
15. This aircraft is prohibited from flight with any externally mounted equipment unless the equipment is mounted in a manner that will prevent in-flight jettison.
Latest version of operating limitations include the following statement:
15. This aircraft is prohibited from flight with any externally mounted equipment unless the equipment is mounted in a manner that will prevent in-flight jettison.
Seems like it. It would be a real stretch (IMHO) to call a pumpkin "equipment", any more than you would a roll of toilet paper. I think the pumpkin would be an "external load" and the mechanism would be an "external-load attaching means".Hmmm. Since the FARs permit dropping objects as long as there's no danger to people/property, shouldn't this be parsed with an FAA-legalese-filter? That sounds like you can't jettison *the equipment*. That would not be the same as dropping 'objects'.
Not trying to be glib; there have been numerous instances where the FAA's language meant something completely different to them than what it would seem to mean to the average Joe upon 1st seeing it.
I think it is a dumb idea and could be very dangerous. Sorry for being a party pooper. Flour bombing is one thing. Hanging a 10+ pound pumpkin on a stick on the end of your wingtip is another.
Roberta
I think it is a dumb idea and could be very dangerous. Sorry for being a party pooper. Flour bombing is one thing. Hanging a 10+ pound pumpkin on a stick on the end of your wingtip is another.
Roberta
It was a team effort Scooby. A brilliant engineer from Mass helped. Based on DanH idea.
Vlad, I gotta ask the obvious, but WTF are they?!?It was a team effort Scooby. A brilliant engineer from Mass helped. Based on DanH idea.
The photos are still available, but due to PhotoPhucket's ransom on external linking, no longer show up. If you go direct to his album, HERE you'll see them.A while back, there was a thread & someone had come up with a bomb bay door that was activated by a cable to dual piano hinge doors in the baggage area. Very cool set up.
I just checked the thread, but the images are no longer available.
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=80528&highlight=bomb+bay+door&page=8
Vlad, I gotta ask the obvious, but WTF are they?!?
Looks like onions... Maybe sweet Vidalia?