Greetings from the UK guy's, hoping you all had a great Christmas, all the best for the new year and keep up the great work, always enjoy watching the F4 fly.
@@DieselThunderAviationOne tip I recall from doing eng. changes in the 80's was coating the "milk bottle" mount with milk of magnesia which would withstand the heat and keep it from fusing to the airframe. Unsure if that is in the maintenance manual.
Also from the UK, you all have a great Yuletide (what's left of it) and go armed and ready into 2025, fully confident that it brings all that it can!! From me and mine to you and yours!! XXX
If I recall, in B-check the Phantoms were on jacks when removing / installing an engine. Not jacked high, just enough to take the weight off the tires. On the flight line / HAS it was done differently. This wasn't my job so I'm not 100% about it.
@@stevehelms3192 I was IAF structural airframe, sometimes we did things a bit different to our US friends. I might be mixed up with F-16C procedures. It's been a long time.
It's great that you got the boom mic headsets working. To bad you won't be able to use them on the running airplane. I think I saw the headset I asked about in that box next to the test set. when the #2 engine FODed the guy in Canada was recommended. He was going to Transport the engine, take care of all the paperwork, make the repairs and send it back for $200,000. We ended up sending it out to Aero Turbine in Sacramento Ca. To make a vert long story short we ended up pulling the engine three(?) times before they got it right. As far as I know Aero Turbine still has the "A" engine and FOUR of our Hyd pumps.
Hey bob!! Hope you're having a great Christmas/New Year!! Thank you I could not remember the name of Aero Turbine to save my life but I did remember it was in CA so I'll claim partial points. I did remember we had to have a bit of a dance with them to get everything right. We are using the boom mic heasets for testing. When we started a few weeks ago we had a real mess with problems with cables, the "Y's" and headsets. The only headset we had fully functioning was one of the boom mic ones. We started with that as a known working quantitiy so we could then figure out the test box, and then go from there. These guys really know their stuff, and have quickly sorted through the cable and "Y" problems, and the next step will be getting the crew chief headsets working right now that we have everything else sorted out. This has been a process but now we have a much more thorough understanding of all this so future issues can be sorted out much faster!
There's a lot more electronics in an NC-8 than I expected! Perhaps they've evolved since I used them 40 years ago? Are spare 'tronics parts available, or do you have to come up with your own solution? That does seem to be the curse of maintaining old stuff.
Thankfully that is all normal sized electronical stuff, and bad components can be sourced and repaired as needed. It's almost entirely analog circuits, hardly any microcontrollers or processors to deal with. This is where a good working knowledge and troubleshooting skills come into play 😀
@@DieselThunderAviation some of the boards on the right looked like the kind that are partially buried in potting. Not easy to remove, usually. Analog circuits should be manageable, and honestly, kinda fun. Documentation would be nice, of course.
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Happy new year, gentlemen o7.
Happy New Year to you as well!
Great idea for the end of year!
Greetings from the UK guy's, hoping you all had a great Christmas, all the best for the new year and keep up the great work, always enjoy watching the F4 fly.
Super excited for this video, and everything to come in the future!
The talkin shop is sometimes better than the workin stuff 👍🏻🤩😎🤓
I noticed that everyone seems to like that, so I try to include more of it!
LOL I have packed a few F-4 drag chutes
We did an F4E engine change overnight with 4 guys while TDY in Okinawa one time.
Nice! Haven't had to help with one of those jobs yet, hopefully we don't have to for quite some time!
@@DieselThunderAviationOne tip I recall from doing eng. changes in the 80's was coating the "milk bottle" mount with milk of magnesia which would withstand the heat and keep it from fusing to the airframe. Unsure if that is in the maintenance manual.
Yes, we did the same thing on gas turbines at power plant. Used MOM on bolt threads. It works. GE LM6000 and Pratt Whitney FT8
Wishing a Happy New Year to all the Collins Foundation.
Keep up the great work, see you all in 2025.
Thank you, Happy New Year to you as well!
Also from the UK, you all have a great Yuletide (what's left of it) and go armed and ready into 2025, fully confident that it brings all that it can!!
From me and mine to you and yours!! XXX
If I recall, in B-check the Phantoms were on jacks when removing / installing an engine. Not jacked high, just enough to take the weight off the tires. On the flight line / HAS it was done differently. This wasn't my job so I'm not 100% about it.
Don’t remember ever jacking the airplane to remove the engine.
@@stevehelms3192 I was IAF structural airframe, sometimes we did things a bit different to our US friends. I might be mixed up with F-16C procedures. It's been a long time.
You better stay with the Phantom!
As long as I can!
I love the Buffalo Trace, it is so smooth. Happy New Year to you and yours and as always I look forward to the new videos. Cheers.
It's quite tasty! I think this is the second bottle of it I've had here at the house. Happy New Year to you as well!
@DieselThunderAviation you should try the Crown Royal Blackberry. It's awesome.
I know the apple is good
@@JackHammer-vk6jv Peach also.
It's great that you got the boom mic headsets working. To bad you won't be able to use them on the running airplane. I think I saw the headset I asked about in that box next to the test set. when the #2 engine FODed the guy in Canada was recommended. He was going to Transport the engine, take care of all the paperwork, make the repairs and send it back for $200,000. We ended up sending it out to Aero Turbine in Sacramento Ca. To make a vert long story short we ended up pulling the engine three(?) times before they got it right. As far as I know Aero Turbine still has the "A" engine and FOUR of our Hyd pumps.
Hey bob!! Hope you're having a great Christmas/New Year!! Thank you I could not remember the name of Aero Turbine to save my life but I did remember it was in CA so I'll claim partial points. I did remember we had to have a bit of a dance with them to get everything right. We are using the boom mic heasets for testing. When we started a few weeks ago we had a real mess with problems with cables, the "Y's" and headsets. The only headset we had fully functioning was one of the boom mic ones. We started with that as a known working quantitiy so we could then figure out the test box, and then go from there. These guys really know their stuff, and have quickly sorted through the cable and "Y" problems, and the next step will be getting the crew chief headsets working right now that we have everything else sorted out. This has been a process but now we have a much more thorough understanding of all this so future issues can be sorted out much faster!
@@flyboy126 There's a CC headset with a chrome frame and jel pads around the ear phones. The last time I used it it worked fine.
Curious: any help from McDonnel-Douglas, like parts or retirees that can help with problems or literature.
I don't think we get any support from them at all. Not sure if we would either now since they merged with Boeing some years ago.
There is no McDonnell Douglas since the middle 80's!!
@@DieselThunderAviation Believe it or not I saw a Haynes Manual on the Phantom somewhere I just can't remember
Time to get the F-4 airworthy, China has some new 6th gen bogeys that need to be dealt with! Lol
Would love to have her fly again with her teeth! The Air Force saw too it that the radar and weapons systems were permanently disabled though.
@ That never stopped those Texas boys before! Lol
Might check with Ward Carrols channel…He was and Phantom RIO…Could be a great colab 🧐👍🏻🤩👌🏻
Is there a Amazon wish list for the planes & hangers?
There's a lot more electronics in an NC-8 than I expected! Perhaps they've evolved since I used them 40 years ago? Are spare 'tronics parts available, or do you have to come up with your own solution? That does seem to be the curse of maintaining old stuff.
Thankfully that is all normal sized electronical stuff, and bad components can be sourced and repaired as needed. It's almost entirely analog circuits, hardly any microcontrollers or processors to deal with. This is where a good working knowledge and troubleshooting skills come into play 😀
@@DieselThunderAviation some of the boards on the right looked like the kind that are partially buried in potting. Not easy to remove, usually. Analog circuits should be manageable, and honestly, kinda fun. Documentation would be nice, of course.
Wondering about the name change. You planning on a Diesel Thunder DCS channel? If so, can you post a link so I can catch both?
No, the DCS videos will be right here too! Really the only thing that changed was the channel name, everything else will stay the same.
I think you need to change the name to Phantom University 👍🏻🤩🧐😎
Disagree..... Phantom Works!!
@ Work is part but his educational instruction is the best part 👍🏻🤩