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2017-06-06 Iraq

Watch bombs being dropped on ISIS in Mosul from the cockpit of a B-52

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Posted by gorb 2017-06-06 01:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 BUFF's - What can't they do?

Do we have a Barksdale, etc maintenance person who can tell me why the controls for engines 4 and 5 on the throttle quadrant are higher than the rest? I'm thinking faster identification so as to use them at relative higher thrust at cruise, but...

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-06-06 08:20|| 2017-06-06 08:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I suspect 4,5 get reduced when releasing fuselage pylon mounted ordinance. But I don't know.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-06-06 10:10|| 2017-06-06 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Never flew anything bigger than a Cub, but I always assumed it was eubonics - or maybe it was ergonomics? - to help you find the center in the dark.

Posted by Bobby 2017-06-06 13:46|| 2017-06-06 13:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The GBU-31s are assembled at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

From what I read in the news, there seems to be a passion for bomb making in Qatar.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-06-06 14:23|| 2017-06-06 14:23|| Front Page Top

Most likely it's for yaw control. The B-52 rudder is a bit on the small side, resulting in not being able to make turns very well. There was a B-52 that lost most of its vertical stabilizer, yet was able to fly and land with no problem.

I'm thinking the pilots used the #4 & #5 engines to supplement the rudder control, so by increasing/decreasing the thrust on those two engines, they can control the yaws.

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-06-06 16:07|| 2017-06-06 16:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Multi-engine aircraft number their engines from outboard port to outboard starboard. Number "1" would be the outermost engine on the left (pilot's) side, "8" would be the outermost on the right.

Yaw control would be most efficient (thrust:vertical axis pivot) using the outer engines (#'s "1" and "8") with efficiency decreasing as one worked toward the aircraft longitudinal axis (center).

Pilots may remember that "arm" thingie their IP's beat them over the head with.

Aside of that, I've got nothing.

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-06-06 19:05|| 2017-06-06 19:05|| Front Page Top

#7
I messed up the link above, here's the proper link abput the rudder: B-52 Rudder

Here's a picture showing how far from the fuselage the engines are. I think that #4 & 5 is fa enough away to give a good leverage arm for the powerful engines.

Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-06-06 20:04|| 2017-06-06 20:04|| Front Page Top

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