Looking for gouge? Ask your Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation here (Part 1)

[Want2flyNow]

Official Navy News Release

VH-71 Begins U.S. Flight Testing

Patuxent River, Md. -- The first two VH-71 helicopters built for the President of the United States have entered the flight test phase with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.


The Navy-owned test vehicles, TV-2 and TV-5, arrived at NAS Patuxent River in November and December, respectively, aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane from AgustaWestland’s facility in Yeovil, England. The government and industry integrated test team will use the aircraft primarily for structural and propulsion testing, and pilot training.


TV-2 and TV-5 are the first of four test aircraft built for the initial phase of the VH-71 program known as Increment One.


Two more Increment One aircraft, TV-3 and TV-4, will undergo additional assembly and missionization at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, Owego, NY prior to being transferred to NAS Patuxent River this year for testing of the avionics and mission systems.


TV-1, an industry-provided test asset, has been in flight test since shortly after the contract award, and currently has 555 flight hours.


Over the next eleven months, all Increment One aircraft will be delivered to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., including the initial fleet of five presidential helicopters.

Does that thing have three engines?

 

[HeyJoe]

Does that thing have three engines?

3 × General Electric CT7-8E engines

 

[Want2flyNow]

I count three pods, they can be dropped (jettisoned), no one carries sparrows any more, conformal tanks are expensive and a waste (and can not be jettisoned which is a requirement around the boat), self defense is not a mission (HVAAP), read a book... just about everything you've said is wrong.

Thanks. Wasn't sure if the pods could be dropped.

What's on the wing tips?

 

[Single Seat]

I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

Go look it up.

 

[HeyJoe]

Thanks. Wasn't sure if the pods could be dropped.

What's on the wing tips?

STOP, you are hereby directed to proceed to the Stupid Questions thread and report to Nose for tutoring!

 

[raptor10]

More stupid questions:
STAN
HLL
LLL
SCT
FPT

And although I already know that NMCI stands for Navy Marine Corps Intranet could someone with a little more knowledge explain what it's used for - even though it fails at life apparently?

 

[skidkid]

HLL-High Light Level-big bright shiny happy moon, all is right inthe world. Also called a Field Grade moon
LLL-Low Light Level-relatively arbitrary number from a couple of NVG generations ago that delineates when it is not HLL. Runs the gamut from sliver moon to "thank God I am alive". This is where one earns their pay and quals.
SCT-Special Crew time-column in a log book used by anyone who doesnt have controls NFOs, Crew Chiefs etc.
FPT-First pilot time- time you log as the guy wiggling the sticks.

 

[a_m]

We put the NVG time in an unused column (SCT for pilots, FPT for ECMOs).

Brett

Why would a pilot get special crew time and ECMOs get first pilot time?

 

[insanebikerboy]

Why would a pilot get special crew time and ECMOs get first pilot time?

Unless that is sarcasm, it goes under the SCT column for pilots since we'll rarely, if ever, have SCT in the aircraft, and there's not another column specifically designated for nvg's.

 

[a_m]

Unless that is sarcasm, it goes under the SCT column for pilots since we'll rarely, if ever, have SCT in the aircraft, and there's not another column specifically designated for nvg's.

Gotcha.

 

[Flugelman]

HLL-High Light Level-big bright shiny happy moon, all is right inthe world. Also called a Field Grade moon.

Or if you're blue instead of green, it's a "Commander's moon".

 

[Brett327]

Unless that is sarcasm, it goes under the SCT column for pilots since we'll rarely, if ever, have SCT in the aircraft, and there's not another column specifically designated for nvg's.

What he said. It's just an otherwise unused column.

Brett

 

[Want2flyNow]

According to the diagram it says the wing tip pods have jamming capability.

1,2,3,4,5.

 

[HeyJoe]

According to the diagram it says the wing tip pods have jamming capability.

1,2,3,4,5.

Report to the Stupid Questions thread NOW. I am not kidding. You are diverting a thread with questions that belong elsewhere. This is for your own good as well as others! Any more posts here will be deleted or diverted there unless they are on topic!

The Stupid Questions thread is NOT a joke. It's where you can ask questions like your's without penalty. Chances are, someone else might have same questions, but they won't be looking here for them.

 

[ea6bflyr]

19. On the flight deck, who wears a blue shirt and a yellow float coat?

That would be the Tractor King.

-ea6bflyr