@Aragorn said in Virtual Crew Chief for BMS:
@Tomcattwo Oooookay, then. (Amazing vid, BTW. Thanks.)
I have questions. (For any of the experts in this thread)
I’m going on the basis that there is no such thing as a stupid question, so - forgive me if the answers are obvious.
- He seems relaxed when he ducks past the nozzle a few times, right…?
SO - during the RAMP, when the throttle is pushed forward and the nozzle closes somewhat…
- What would happen if someone were standing BEHIND the nozzle…?
Would they be blown backwards (like with heavy commercial jets)…?
Would they get BURNED…? (Like - is that exhaust ridiculously hot…?)Both…? Neither…?
Also (related) —>
When the nozzle is completely open. What would happen if one were standing right behind the nozzle…?
Assuming that it WOULD hurt (so this question is irrelevant if the above answers were: “nothing would happen”)…
- What would be a SAFE distance to stand behind the nozzle as it is:
a.) Open. b.) Begins to close up…?
- The safety pins on the landing gear…
IF he had forgotten to pull one of those pins… (I am assuming here that they don’t seem in any way connected electronically; they seem physical)
- Could the jet still taxi and take-off; the issue only becoming evident when he tried to raise the gear…? Or - are those pins actually connected somehow, and would not allow taxi…?
I just can’t believe that in the entire history of military jet-aviation that not a single person on any one of a million occasions has not forgotten just one pin. Head-trauma from a year prior; concussion from last week; hangover; depression; thinking about a sick relative; simple brain-fart. Surely - statistically - it must have happened.
Sorry for SO MANY questions, but - I just need to know.
(I actually cut out another three that I have)
Lol, correct there are no stupid questions. You don’t need anyone who doesn’t know what they are doing messing around with aircraft.
- The crew chief ducks down as he passes the nozzle. No one would argue with jet flux just like a civvy would not argue with a tank. Unless your Chinese. I argued with a Hercules once when he engaged reverse. I was at least 100m in front of him and he still won as I didn’t have my safety goggles on. The dust cloud was ginormous in the desert.
2 and 3 are only for the stupid. We all get trained to respect jet flux and safety distances around aircraft.
- A safety pin would hold the leg in the downward position and would be shown as a red landing light when u/c up is selected when the other lights go out. The pilot would just land at the earliest opportunity. They would also likely be informed by the ATC that 1 leg is down. No big deal but embarrassing for the pilot. The pins are not connected to anything electrical as far as I know, but I can’t speak for every aircraft. The red flag on every safety pin is a visual sign from distance of a pin still fitted.