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U&A · Feb 20, 2018

I like the smell of coffee in the morning

Just saying

To each their own.....

Rampant · Feb 20, 2018

Well played.

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Ramnewbie · Feb 20, 2018

Rampant said:
There's nothing like the smell of JP8 in the mornin'.

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Now you're bringing back old memories, except in my case it was JP4.

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R.L.K. · Feb 20, 2018

Ramnewbie said:
Now you're bringing back old memories, except in my case it was JP4.

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Still JP-4 for me everyday , I love it smells like making money to me ...last week we had 6 Helicopters out on the ramp running at the same time , a rare easterly wind and we had to shut the Hanger doors it was so strong .
It did Bring back memories of my Army days when it was normal to have more than 6 running at once .

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Rampant · Feb 20, 2018

Ramnewbie said:
Now you're bringing back old memories, except in my case it was JP4.

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Yeah, if I'm not mistaken, they switched to JP8 somewhere around '94-ish. I was at Luke AFB, in AZ when that went down and I remember it well. It was a big pollution prevention measure and we went to 4 day work weeks at the same time.

Ramnewbie · Feb 20, 2018

I was in in late 60's/ early 70's. I thought at that time the navy used jp4 and AF used something else. I think they said the jp4 was less volital or something like that. I know a couple of guys that tried some avgas in their personal vehicles. That was easy to smell who was doing that.

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Rampant · Feb 20, 2018

The best (or worst) I remember is the B-52 "elephant walks" at Minot when there were 15-20 of them and we lit them off with gunpowder. That was in '14. Now that's a smell for ya.

Very similar to this.

Ramnewbie · Feb 20, 2018

Rampant said:
The best (or worst) I remember is the B-52 "elephant walks" at Minot when there were 15-20 of them and we lit them off with gunpowder. That was in '14. Now that's a smell for ya.

Never heard of that one before. I know we'd scare the crap out of the newbies when we had an engine change. First turnup we were supposed to windmill engine and blow the preservites out, let it stop and then go thru the proper starting procedures. Well, that **** took too long, we'd light that puppy up first time. A4 with afterburner. [emoji3]

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Rampant · Feb 20, 2018

Ramnewbie said:
Never heard of that one before. I know we'd scare the crap out of the newbies when we had an engine change. First turnup we were supposed to windmill engine and blow the preservites out, let it stop and then go thru the proper starting procedures. Well, that **** took too long, we'd light that puppy up first time. A4 with afterburner. [emoji3]

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Look up B52 cart start... its gunpowder cartridges being used to turn the motors over. That's what the smoke is in the very beginning of the vid I linked in my last post.

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Ramnewbie · Feb 20, 2018

Rampant said:
Look up B52 cart start... its gunpowder cartridges being used to turn the motors over. That's what the smoke is in the very beginning of the vid I linked in my last post.

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I never thought about how they started those, I just figured it was similar to what we did . We had "huffers" , a small jet engine on a tractor, just hook this big hose to ac and turn on the air. The only thing I ever worked on though was single engine.

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Rampant · Feb 20, 2018

Ramnewbie said:
I never thought about how they started those, I just figured it was similar to what we did . We had "huffers" , a small jet engine on a tractor, just hook this big hose to ac and turn on the air. The only thing I ever worked on though was single engine.

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That is normally how they do it, but gunpowder cartridges are used as a real world backup/wartime contingencies. There are only so many air carts to go around at any given time. We did it during exercises just to keep the guys trained up and to simulate the "what ifs".

Ramnewbie · Feb 20, 2018

Rampant said:
That is normally how they do it, but gunpowder cartridges are used as a real world backup/wartime contingencies. There are only so many air carts to go around at any given time. We did it during exercises just to keep the guys trained up and to simulate the "what ifs".

That makes sense, I was thinking the gunpowder deal would be kinda a one time shot. Be pretty expensive starting all those engines all the time too. Course we know they weren't worried about expense. I know when we were in the states and we were training new pilots towards the end of the period when they had money left over they'd send them up just to bore holes in the sky just to make sure we spent all our alloted monies.

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huntergreen · Feb 20, 2018

R.L.K. said:
Ya know ...now that you say that ??? Nah hhh sniffing petroleum products is normal right ?

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Of course, right after your morning tide pod.

Ramnewbie · Feb 20, 2018

huntergreen said:
Of course, right after your morning tide pod.

Did you see the one bout just wait till the milineals realize there's a bundt cake under the toilet?

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Stefan N · Feb 21, 2018

Sorry guy's

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/

chrisbh17 · Feb 21, 2018

https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...67/Re:_Lubegard_Heavy_Duty_Engine#Post4672367

Rampant · Feb 21, 2018

Stefan N said:
Sorry guy's

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/

Pffft... NASA... as if those guys know anything. They didn't even mention refraction one time in that article. #imwithRLK

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U&A · Feb 21, 2018

LOL^^

R.L.K. · Feb 21, 2018

Rampant said:
Pffft... NASA... as if those guys know anything. They didn't even mention refraction one time in that article. #imwithRLK

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Yep and those NASA guys probably have never spent any time in Arkansas ....how smart can they really be LOL !

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Ramnewbie · Feb 21, 2018

Small update plus a question. Last oil change I went with Mobil1 5/30 EP and Fram ultra filter. 800 miles in my engine is the quietest it's ever been. Now the question, when I had the 5/30 Amsoil SS in there my exhaust was getting a black sooty coating, now with Mobil1 it's burning clean again. Does that mean there was too much of something in Amsoil or just that it's different or not enough of something in M1?

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