Single jettison the litening pod / ALQ-131

[TheRobber]

Is it possible to single jettison the litening pod and/or the ALQ-131 pod?

[sobek]

No, not possible.

[TheRobber]

Ah, thanks :)

[Speedbrake]

They are way too expensive and have fairly low weight and drag. Chances are you wouldn't be able to save the aircraft even if you dropped them and the chance of accidently jettisioning them would be too great.

[Spectre_USA]

They need ejection carts, which look like little shot-gun shells, installed in order

to jettison them. Pods are never carted up, as they tend to be on par with the

cost of the entire jet.

 

If it goes down, so do the pods...

[Snoopy]

They are way too expensive and have fairly low weight and drag. Chances are you wouldn't be able to save the aircraft even if you dropped them and the chance of accidently jettisioning them would be too great.

 

You are exactly correct, the pylon safety pin is safety wired and the pylon is not carted so there is no way to jetison the pod anyway.

[Tucano_uy]

I thought it was because of intel issues. A captured pod would reveal many tech secrets I suppose.

[Snoopy]

It's multiple reasons...

[Inseckt]

It seems that an aircraft carrying a pod (targeting/ECM), it is not allowed to belly-land, and is instead encouraged to eject. Seems pretty extreme to me. The reasons for not enabling pod ejection must outweigh the cost of an entire aircraft loss...

[Snoopy]

It seems that an aircraft carrying a pod (targeting/ECM), it is not allowed to belly-land, and is instead encouraged to eject. Seems pretty extreme to me. The reasons for not enabling pod ejection must outweigh the cost of an entire aircraft loss...

 

Where did you hear that? The A-10 can and has belly landed with a TGP and/or ecm before, I've seem it.

[EtherealN]

If I were to hazard a guess, this might regard planes like F-16's that might be carrying the ECM pod on centre, which on a belly landing might simply be a severe hazard to the pilot. (But that's based solely on me speculating, haven't checked F-16 emergency procedures.)

[Inseckt]

Where did you hear that? The A-10 can and has belly landed with a TGP and/or ecm before, I've seem it.

 

Actually, it's only from my memory of your emergency checklist's, which I thought was based on the real -1. Of course, since it's coming from you, I must be mistaken in my assumption. Please disregard my post :music_whistling: :doh:

 

Ps. I love the way any erroneous assumptions will be immediately shot down in this forum. The pooled knowledge of this community has always amazed me. :)

Edited January 11, 2012 by Inseckt

[mvsgas]

If I were to hazard a guess, this might regard planes like F-16's that might be carrying the ECM pod on centre, which on a belly landing might simply be a severe hazard to the pilot. (But that's based solely on me speculating, haven't checked F-16 emergency procedures.)

 

Not carted on the F-16 center pylon nether. The TGP pilot does not even have the option to be carted if they wanted.

Some times is best for the aircraft to land on stores

 

P.S.

I must clarify, centerline tanks are carted, on the picture, the landing gear was not extending correctly, so it was decided that landing on the tank would be the safest way and less likely to damage the aircraft.

Edited January 11, 2012 by mvsgas

[Snoopy]

Actually, it's only from my memory of your emergency checklist's, which I thought was based on the real -1. Of course, since it's coming from you, I must be mistaken in my assumption. Please disregard my post :music_whistling: :doh:

 

Ps. I love the way any erroneous assumptions will be immediately shot down in this forum. The pooled knowledge of this community has always amazed me. :)

 

LOL....that's what I get for following real checklists when making those ;) Just goes to show checklists aren't always followed exactly as printed :D

 

I wish I still had the picture....one of our jets from Moody (70th FS) back in 1998 belly landed when we went to Puerto Rico, landed on both training mavs and the lower vertical stabs. We had her repaired and flying again in less than 2 weeks.