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Has anyone seen a screen shot of the fuel probe extended? I'm pretty sure there haven't been any screens of the Harrier plugged into a basket yet. Sure would be nice to see that! :thumbup:

 

There would of been but Air to Air refuelling is hard so he missed the basket :(

 

And tbh so would I


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Has anyone seen a screen shot of the fuel probe extended? I'm pretty sure there haven't been any screens of the Harrier plugged into a basket yet. Sure would be nice to see that! :thumbup:

 

Here is the vid of the AAR attempt in case you haven't seen it. Probe is in view.

 

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The Harrier probe is in such an awkward position as well.

 

The Il-78 is much easier to tank off than the S-3 though, the S-3 is really fussy about where you sit while the Il-78 doesn't really mind.

Well, the S-3 has 'little man' syndrome. His hose is so...short, compared to the IL-78................

 

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I think the S-3 and IL-78 have different physics for the drouge... I noticed that the S-3 is extremely temperamental when trying to stay connected with the probe on the M2000C, and on the contrary... With the SU-33 staying connected to the IL-78 with the probe is so easy.

 

I think because the S-3 refueling hose is rigid, whereas the IL-78 hose has physics applied to it.

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I think the S-3 and IL-78 have different physics for the drouge... I noticed that the S-3 is extremely temperamental when trying to stay connected with the probe on the M2000C, and on the contrary... With the SU-33 staying connected to the IL-78 with the probe is so easy.

 

I think because the S-3 refueling hose is rigid, whereas the IL-78 hose has physics applied to it.

You may be right, I don't know.

 

I always figured, dare I say, size mattered. But really, I think it boils down to hose legnth. The IL-78 has a much longer hose than the S-3. Which leads me to believe that the acceptable connection area is much larger than the S-3 as well. I have never really noticed much of a difference between the two (other than the initial spotting be free joining). But I haven't refueled on them other than in the Mirage.

 

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I think because the S-3 refueling hose is rigid, whereas the IL-78 hose has physics applied to it.

 

Might be because the S-3 is an old model. The IL-78 is much newer.

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Does anyone know the weights of the actual pylons for Stations 1/7, 2/6, and 3/5?

 

I can't seem to find them. I'm curious why the Harriers tend to leave them attached when not in use and the performance impact.

 

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Does anyone know the weights of the actual pylons for Stations 1/7, 2/6, and 3/5?

 

I can't seem to find them. I'm curious why the Harriers tend to leave them attached when not in use and the performance impact.

 

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Just a hunch, but they might add to the aircraft's lateral stability. Or removing them might not give as much of a performance boost to warrant the work it takes to remove or add the for every flight.

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Just a hunch, but they might add to the aircraft's lateral stability. Or removing them might not give as much of a performance boost to warrant the work it takes to remove or add the for every flight.
It's mainly for the hassle, they won't remove them unless necessary as the performance penalty with them fitted is minimal and it simply creates more work for the engineers.

 

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But does anyone know how much they weigh?

 

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They are left on to avoid maintenance issues with constantly cycling them on and off and avoid delays when they are needed. Things tend to break when they are constantly being moved. It also takes a significant amount of time to mount them and perform release and control checks to ensure they work. It's more efficient to just leave them mounted.

 

Outboard Pylon- 96lbs

Intermediate Pylon- 131lbs

Inboard Pylon- 143lbs

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They are left on to avoid maintenance issues with constantly cycling them on and off and avoid delays when they are needed. Things tend to break when they are constantly being moved. It also takes a significant amount of time to mount them and perform release and control checks to ensure they work. It's more efficient to just leave them mounted.

 

Outboard Pylon- 96lbs

Intermediate Pylon- 131lbs

Inboard Pylon- 143lbs

I see, I figured it was something like that

Thanks for the info.

 

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is it possible to lock/look targets in the MFD without a target pod?

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Does anyone know the weights of the actual pylons for Stations 1/7, 2/6, and 3/5?

 

I can't seem to find them. I'm curious why the Harriers tend to leave them attached when not in use and the performance impact.

 

-Shadow

 

We used to remove the pylons (wet and dry) when the aircraft was doing a display, it would buy them a few extra seconds of hover time.

 

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