C130H
Fuel load in ASI Hercs
Agreed that I meant 175,00 AUW, I was typing late at night but believe you me I refuelled those aircraft and I know what we managed to put in them. The AUW of 175,000 was achieved without filling up the internals to their maximum as the only gauge on them was the sight glass at the end of the tank, not very accurate if the aircraft was on a slope. If you filled them to the brim it was suprising how much more went in. To confirm I was there do you remember the collector tanks bowing in as the pumps could punp more than the internal tanks could supply, Fixed by putting another internal support in the tank. That and the vent pipes collapsing shut due to the long unsupported lengths of hose, fixed by inserting a piece of highway staging in the hose to reduce the length of the unsupported hose. On checking back with the UK to find out what the original installation used as piping we were told "highway staging", high tech installation or what!
