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Post by shadowgunner on Jun 7, 2012 10:56:58 GMT 9
After much ado and a whole of fussin' & fightin' I am finally starting to build an arresting hook!!! Stay tuned!
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Post by LBer1568 on Jun 7, 2012 11:20:09 GMT 9
And we all have memories of six's coming back on emergency and doing Approach End engagements. Being at Tyndall with a lot of newbies flying six's we had probably two or three a week. And the cable was suspended with little rubber wheels, maybe 5-6 " in diameter to keep cable off ground. And it took civil engineering a while to roll cable back and reset.
They found it best to do approach end connects so they still had runway left if they missed.
The rubber between hook shaft and body of airframe was to prevent damage to metal if it vibrated in flight.
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Post by Gene on Jun 7, 2012 12:24:00 GMT 9
 and this is what you get when things go a little wrong... |
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Post by shadowgunner on Jun 28, 2012 10:12:47 GMT 9
Here's my arresting hook so far.Not OEM, but usable. Not done but ready for the paintshop to paint it red. Attachments:
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Post by shadowgunner on Jul 13, 2012 9:35:14 GMT 9
Finally done with the arresting hook project. Attachments:
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jul 13, 2012 9:46:32 GMT 9
Looks great, and what a shiny-clean belly.
It should be the hit of the show.
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Post by Tom Dlugosh on Jul 14, 2012 0:52:43 GMT 9
Looks great! I'm sorry I win't be around for the open house, but we're headed to Iowa for the Stare's fair (long story.) Maybe next year.
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Post by Jim on Jul 14, 2012 9:23:55 GMT 9
authentic arresting hook- great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Gene on Jul 14, 2012 9:57:43 GMT 9
 heres the view of mcchords "6" again...notice they painted the hook fire engine red... and the piece behind the hook a contrasting dark gray...  |
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Post by jimpadgett on Jul 14, 2012 22:36:48 GMT 9
Kinda an unbeautiful weld.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2012 1:02:35 GMT 9
seems to me it was painted red so youcould see it and not whack your head against it! painting it grey would sort of defeat that.
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Post by Jim on Jul 15, 2012 1:38:27 GMT 9
seems to me it was painted red so youcould see it and not whack your head against it! painting it grey would sort of defeat that. First delivered- they were gray. Painted red for stated reason, didn't always work though |
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Post by Jim on Jul 15, 2012 1:40:48 GMT 9
Kinda an unbeautiful weld. more OJT or BONDO required........ |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2012 2:18:56 GMT 9
looks like somethings been chewing on it, maybe a New York City rat? :rofl
guess the guard wasnt as bad as the Loran/Doppler antenna. The antennas were tough on the B man from the loading team. OUCH
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Post by Gene on Jul 16, 2012 4:17:54 GMT 9
 i think this is a good view to see how the hook is protected, and the paint scheme.. |
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Post by Gene on Jul 16, 2012 4:25:12 GMT 9
looks like somethings been chewing on it, maybe a New York City rat?  guess the guard wasnt as bad as the Loran/Doppler antenna. The antennas were tough on the B man from the loading team. OUCH  heres a shot of the antenna with the hook in the background. |
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Post by Gene on Jul 17, 2012 7:08:26 GMT 9
 view from directly underneath |
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Post by Diamondback on Jul 17, 2012 8:50:24 GMT 9
Stupid piggybacking question... not to threadjack--and nice build OP!--but was repainting the fairing dark-gray common practice, and does anyone know what FS numbers were used? I'm guessing the hooks woulda been either 11136 (Gloss) or 31136 (Flat) Insignia Red. Actually, those pics on Balls 57 make the antennas and fairing look Gloss Black...
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Post by shadowgunner on Jul 17, 2012 10:38:49 GMT 9
I'm guessing the hooks woulda been either 11136 (Gloss) or 31136 (Flat) Insignia Red. Snake: unfortunately I didn't have the FS color handy when I picked my red paint from the paint store. I just eyeballed the red. I admit it is brighter than the red in other pictures; but, the color is usable on other equipment at the museum (just being practical $$$). Thanks for the compliment though. It was fun to fabricate and really makes my plane look complete. :thanks Upon closer review of many pictures, it looks like I need to repaint my hook guard gull gray. I painted it red, but most of the pictures here show it as body color. Same with the fairing aft of the hook; mine's already body color. |
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