These cartridges were always installed on Alert B-52s in engines 2 and 8 and occasionally on all eight engines. With the flip of switch in the cockpit, bingo, engine start.
2006-06-15 12:58:03 · 5 answers · asked by Wayne 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The have a boeing part # but were more than likely manufactured by a sub contractor. It would not be out of the relm for them to have been made by someone like federal cartrage or another ammunition manufacturer. They were esently blank shotgun rounds whose purpose was to bring the internal perssure of the compressor section up to a point that would support combustion to turn the exhaust fan blades.
2006-06-15 15:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by dustoff03 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I pull SAC alert on KC-135A and B-52'sG models and I remember the cartridges coming in an coffee can with an turn key to open the can. It had a quarter size clip that you turn to remove and you bent 4 clips up for contact with the beech cap. Later on we got cartridge with an rubber coating (black). You rotated an clip to remove and an pin pop up. I remember an name like Talley or tandem. Had a lot of cart starts, will not forget an 8 engine cart start. What a nightmare that was.
2014-11-16 13:51:56 · answer #2 · answered by Charles 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely Boeing.
2006-06-15 13:49:45 · answer #3 · answered by zellthemedic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like something out of 'flight of the phoenix'....jet engines don't need shotgun shells to turn over...
2006-06-15 13:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by gokart121 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
definately boeing
2006-06-15 14:19:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋