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G35COUPE
09-25-2009, 09:13 AM
I know this sounds a little off but i just wondered how many people have had the opportunity to fly in a Hercules C-130??

I have flown in one a few times, and I have come to the conclusion that it is reliable and as noisy as a big rig (18-wheeler truck).

NicFromLA
09-25-2009, 10:58 AM
No, but it sounds awesome.

G35COUPE
09-25-2009, 11:18 AM
Upon take off, the whole aircraft shakes very violently. It is really really loud inside. It can taxi to the take off point with 1 of its 4 turbo prop engines. It can stay in the air with 2 of its 4 engines.

When you are inside a C-130 when it lands and it is trying to slow down, it is the most violent thing you will ever experience besides a rally race or a roller coaster. Every fibre of the plane is shaking and trying to come apart.

Yet, this is the one of the most reliable aircraft on this planet. When a C-130 crashes, it is really a big deal because it is really rare to have one crash. It can take abuse of the worst kind and still make it home.

You can load it beyond its design limit and it will still take off, but it may need a longer run way to do so.

Even with some load, it has one of the shortest landing and take-off distance of any plane its size. I have seen empty C-130s take off and land in less than 1/4 mile of the runway.

It is really slow in flight. A normal 1 hour flight with civil aviation aircrafts will take a C-130 about 1 hour and 20 minutes to do the same amount of work. However, it will do this with a lot more load than civil aviation aircrafts. Sometimes, the limits of a C-130 is how much stuff you can throw inside and yet be able to close the hatch.

lightweight
09-25-2009, 11:58 AM
Yes it's really violent.

What surprises me is how come reliability and vibration beyond belief can be combined in the same package...

G35COUPE
09-25-2009, 12:01 PM
Yes it's really violent.

What surprises me is how come reliability and vibration beyond belief can be combined in the same package...

Well said! I have been asking myself the same question for years.

nopassn
09-25-2009, 03:51 PM
Never ridden in one... seen them fly several times. Pretty awesome planes...

As a side note: qiseng365 has been banned. Forever.

clutch-monkey
09-25-2009, 06:17 PM
i've been in a caribou. now that is interesting, such short take off and landing. shame they are being replaced :(

johnnynumfiv
09-25-2009, 06:29 PM
Yes it's really violent.

What surprises me is how come reliability and vibration beyond belief can be combined in the same package...

Safety wire. You wire two bolts together, if bolt A loosens up, it tightens up the bolt B and stops bolt A from loosening more.
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=314641&stc=1&d=1253928288

G35COUPE
09-25-2009, 08:26 PM
Safety wire. You wire two bolts together, if bolt A loosens up, it tightens up the bolt B and stops bolt A from loosening more.
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=314641&stc=1&d=1253928288

I agree with you. However, I have inspected the C-130 up close and personal and it doesn't have any safety wires holding panels of its framework together. It seems to use rivets just as any other aircraft. However, they do use safety wires on bolts that could become loose.

On take off, the whole body panels are shaking violently and yet it is held together by only rivets. :confused:

wwgkd
09-25-2009, 11:12 PM
I never have, but I have seen one land on a tiny freaking grass runway. Had to buzz the runway before landing to get the deer off of it. I couldn't believe it made it.

My dad made tons of jumps from them when he was in the millitary, and said it's one fo those planes that makes you glad you have a parachute on.

johnnynumfiv
09-26-2009, 10:28 AM
I agree with you. However, I have inspected the C-130 up close and personal and it doesn't have any safety wires holding panels of its framework together. It seems to use rivets just as any other aircraft. However, they do use safety wires on bolts that could become loose.

On take off, the whole body panels are shaking violently and yet it is held together by only rivets. :confused:

Sure the outside panels are riveted, but any and every bolt is safety wired or threadlocked. Its a standard in aviation and it carries over to race cars too.

wstander
09-26-2009, 03:45 PM
Flew as cargo in one once: The DC7 Rangeliner broke, and so we piled in to a C-130 that was fresh from Viet Nam...meaning that the AK-47 rounds induced ventilation was still in place:-)

The skipper had 2 cases of empty berr cans which he rolled out of the flight deck periodically, to impress the ladies, ya know...it also had a porta potty rigged for privacy, but no heat...

Departed Gran Turks, TWI and arrived Eleuthera, where we disembarked and the aircraft refueled. Upon refire, both port engines caught fire....

Everyone is now stranded, but at least closer to the mainland...I caught a P3C returning from VP patrol back to Jacksonville...that was a no contraband flight and the exec searched bags to comply....BTW: Somewhere between Eleuthera and Jacksonville there is a case of Jack Daniels that did not pass the contraband test:-)

LeonOfTheDead
09-26-2009, 05:23 PM
My father did it plenty of time, he was a paratrooper.
So did my brother, but I don't think the C130 was still used over here when he was in the army.
We even built a nice (and accurate) scale model.

CapnBoost
09-28-2009, 07:55 AM
Yes, but I was too young to remember it. My uncle was a navigator on them for years and years.

nota
09-28-2009, 08:41 AM
i've been in a caribou. now that is interesting, such short take off and landing. shame they are being replaced :(
agree, a personal favourite, love their slow potent drone as they inch across the sky

seen videos of them in PNG doing STOL in rough conditions, very impressive!

clutch-monkey
09-28-2009, 05:47 PM
yeah, seems like you're rolling along the ground then bam, 45 degree angle into the sky it feels like haha.

whiteballz
09-28-2009, 08:49 PM
Im always amazed at their 45 degree angle nose first landing technique.

NSXType-R
09-29-2009, 09:22 AM
Im always amazed at their 45 degree angle nose first landing technique.

= crash...? :confused:

whiteballz
09-29-2009, 05:30 PM
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/multimedia/216301d1161523930-richmond-raaf-air-show-whiteballz-caribou-landing1.jpg

Took this in 2006, during the local airshow, this is how they land.

Rest of the photos here.
http://ultimatecarpage.com/forum/multimedia/29242-richmond-raaf-air-show-whiteballz.html

IBrake4Rainbows
09-29-2009, 05:33 PM
My dad's flown a Caribou.

He's not a Pilot, the real pilot was just hung over.

Yes this is frightening.

whiteballz
09-29-2009, 05:35 PM
My dad's flown a Caribou.

He's not a Pilot, the real pilot was just hung over.

Yes this is frightening.

But your dad is some kind of military superhero. that doesnt count.

IBrake4Rainbows
09-29-2009, 05:38 PM
He jumps out of planes, he doesn't fly them

Or at least he used to....

whiteballz
09-29-2009, 05:40 PM
Whats that saying? 99 jumps without failure means the 100th is going to go wrong?

IBrake4Rainbows
09-29-2009, 05:41 PM
Exactly. and as a good demonstration of that his Jump Buddy broke his leg on his 100th jump.

whiteballz
09-29-2009, 05:44 PM
yeah f*ck going for that 100th..

OT - Never flown in a C130, but see them all the time along with C17's and F18's due to the air base a few minutes away from me.

wwgkd
09-30-2009, 12:03 AM
You're all a bunch of wusses. My mom's got 121 jumps...

pimento
09-30-2009, 12:10 AM
I've got 1! But I was strapped to some guy.

It was a little awkward.

wwgkd
09-30-2009, 12:16 AM
I've got 1! But I was strapped to some guy.

It was a little awkward.

That's kind of why I haven't done it yet (that and I is broke and it's ****ing expensive.) I don't know about other places but here you have to either take a really, really long (expensive) course, or your first jump you have to do a tandem jump.

If I could find a supermodel to be strapped to I think I'd be fine with it, but this whole being strapped to a guy thing does seem a little awkward.

clutch-monkey
09-30-2009, 12:27 AM
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/multimedia/216301d1161523930-richmond-raaf-air-show-whiteballz-caribou-landing1.jpg

Took this in 2006, during the local airshow, this is how they land.

Rest of the photos here.
Richmond RAAF Air Show - Whiteballz - Ultimatecarpage.com forums (http://ultimatecarpage.com/forum/multimedia/29242-richmond-raaf-air-show-whiteballz.html)

yeah. i didn't know this before i got in one. i can't remember what i was doing it for, trying to find some jettisoned crate or some shit. but yeah come into land and i'm thinking "uuuh guys.."

pimento
09-30-2009, 12:33 AM
That's kind of why I haven't done it yet (that and I is broke and it's ****ing expensive.) I don't know about other places but here you have to either take a really, really long (expensive) course, or your first jump you have to do a tandem jump.

If I could find a supermodel to be strapped to I think I'd be fine with it, but this whole being strapped to a guy thing does seem a little awkward.

I was mostly taking the piss.. it's well worth it if you can justify the cost. Or get your work to pay for it. :D Where we went, you do get to play with the controls on the way down.. they guide you through a couple of loops and whatnot.

In fact, if anyone's curious...

YouTube - nastybun skydive

IBrake4Rainbows
09-30-2009, 06:03 AM
If I could find a supermodel to be strapped to I think I'd be fine with it, but this whole being strapped to a guy thing does seem a little awkward.

It's alright, they're generally very gentle if it's your first time :p

G35COUPE
09-30-2009, 06:59 AM
I was mostly taking the piss.. it's well worth it if you can justify the cost. Or get your work to pay for it. :D Where we went, you do get to play with the controls on the way down.. they guide you through a couple of loops and whatnot.

In fact, if anyone's curious...

YouTube - nastybun skydive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SqVTqwOE5Q)

Interesting video with an interesting sound track. I once worked on a similar model of aircraft they jumped from, many many years ago when i was thrilled by aircrafts---the Havilland Twin Otter.

pimento
09-30-2009, 08:31 AM
The soundtrack was put on there by the jump mans, and the plane was gaffer taped back together that morning. I wasn't worried.. I had a chute on.

NSXType-R
09-30-2009, 10:36 AM
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/attachments/multimedia/216301d1161523930-richmond-raaf-air-show-whiteballz-caribou-landing1.jpg

Took this in 2006, during the local airshow, this is how they land.

Rest of the photos here.
Richmond RAAF Air Show - Whiteballz - Ultimatecarpage.com forums (http://ultimatecarpage.com/forum/multimedia/29242-richmond-raaf-air-show-whiteballz.html)

Wow, that looks super scary.

Not sure if they're available, but I have seen on TV skydiving without a plane and a parachute- it's pretty much a wind tunnel turned onto its side and you enter it.

clutch-monkey
09-30-2009, 06:49 PM
Wow, that looks super scary.

yeah. as i said, on approach i was like "uh guys.. is he going to pull up or what.. oh shi-"

G35COUPE
10-06-2009, 08:01 PM
More data on Boeing and their immeasurable failure of leadership and purpose.

Boeing to record $1B charge due to 747-8 costs - USATODAY.com (http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2009-10-06-boeing-1b-charge_N.htm)

From Dreamliner to lost military deals, problems nag Boeing - USATODAY.com (http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/manufacturing/2009-08-05-boeing-problems-dreamliner_N.htm?obref=obinsite)