Weird things in fuel tanks
- Thread starter Maurus
- Start date
R
Roger, Roger
Guest
*Shudder*
More easily than you think.
And I bet it wasn't there for all of the last 3 years. I bet it got dropped in there by a mech (or a helper) during one of those last 3 annuals.
This is why I make very sure that if a tool leaves my box for a job, it comes back at the end of a job.
R
Roger, Roger
Guest
Sorry, didn't read the size....lol
A 5in X 12in mirror doesn't just drop into the tank.Can't fit into the hole. It was left there. Just funny and sad how someone could forget something that big in the tank and it go unnoticed. Luckily fuel flow was not hindered in any way.
...5x12? That's one heckuva inspection mirror!
The Fez
Analog Millennial
If that's the case, why don't you ask MikeD what his canopy mirrors were focused on when he flew the A-10...
[debrief of a defensive ACM sortie....circa 8-10 years ago, during HUD tape/white board review]
IP: "As you're spiraling down here at this point, you set your lift vector on bandit 1 and pull into him thus forcing him into the quarter plane and subsequent overshoot. Nice reversal to force him defensive and you engaged. But how the hell did you NOT see bandit 2s nose position and him starting to saddle up on your turn circle at your 5 to 6 and less than 3K?!?! He should've been right at the edge of your mirrors, if you couldn't actually see behind you!"
Me: "Uhhh. Because my mirrors were pointed on me."
IP: "WHY!?!?!?! for the love of GOD!?!?!"
Me: "Because I like to be able to look at them and see my reflection of myself between the mirrors and my visor as I fly and see how cool I look....."
The Fez
Analog Millennial
[debrief of a defensive ACM sortie....circa 8-10 years ago, during HUD tape/white board review]
IP: "As you're spiraling down here at this point, you set your lift vector on bandit 1 and pull into him thus forcing him into the quarter plane and subsequent overshoot. Nice reversal to force him defensive and you engaged. But how the hell did you NOT see bandit 2s nose position and him starting to saddle up on your turn circle at your 5 to 6 and less than 3K?!?! He should've been right at the edge of your mirrors, if you couldn't actually see behind you!"
Me: "Uhhh. Because my mirrors were pointed on me."
IP: "WHY!?!?!?! for the love of GOD!?!?!"
Me: "Because I like to be able to look at them and see my reflection of myself between the mirrors and my visor as I fly and see how cool I look....."
MikeD:
IP:
, followed shortly by, :whip: , then going back to the IP section and :tease:
MikeD:
IP:
It worked great too, since I took the clear visor that we never used anymore, and had a silver-mirror coating applied to it, and carried it and the yellow high-contrast visor as my standard ones. Always used the mirrored one though......
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
I was present when they found a large hammer in the tailcone of an MU-2 once...right next to some very important cables, and not far from the ACM...
Pleasing you not to be trying to kill us, wrenching types!
Pleasing you not to be trying to kill us, wrenching types!
Wasted State
New Member
Family member of mine worked MX on C-141's and C-5's said they found all kinds of junk that had been buttoned up in those tanks anything from tools and tool boxes to folding chairs.
popaviator
Well-Known Member
Had a CFI buddy of mine tell me that his student tried to use a piece of wood he found in the woods when he forgot his fuel stick at some "middle of nowhere" airport they landed at.............. student almost got pimp slapped :crazy:
ScoutFlyer
Well-Known Member
I had a commercial student drop a fuel tester into the right tank of a Warrior about two months ago. I turned around just in time to see the cup disappear down the hole and hear the resulting "kerplunk." Needless to say, we didn't fly it. I saw it in the mx hangar the next day with the whole tank off the wing.
poser765
Well-Known Member
That's exactly why we don't use the big scalled plastic straws for determining how much fuel is in a tank. To many students kept dropping them in. Now it's all visual or middle finger tested.
We have one 182 whose fuel gages are a little more unreliable than other fuel gages. Hard to see in the tank, so If I can't touch it line crew gets to fill it up.
"Damn it Chris, we put 10 gallons in. Good call"
Better safe than trying to explain to the boss why he needs to pick you up 10.4 to the NW "we'll be in front of the yellow farm house on state route 199."