[ARC5] Fwd: [Milsurplus] More Moron-ities. This Will Turn

[J. Forster]

>From Wiki:

"The B-17's armament consisted of up to 4,800 pounds (2,200 kg) of bombs
on two racks in the bomb bay behind the cockpit, and five 0.30 inches
(7.62 mm) machine guns,"

"The B-24's spacious slab-sided fuselage (which earned the aircraft the
nickname "Flying Boxcar")[14] was built around a central bomb bay that
could accommodate up to 8,000 lb (3,629 kg) of ordnance."

Per SCR-274N manual, TO 8-10-50:

Three Receivers & CB          35.3 pounds
Two Transmitters, Mod & CB    41.2 pounds

-John

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> OK... I've been biting my tongue but it's way past time
> someone challenged this "conventional wisdom."
> Thank you for writing, Dave, but the idea of stripping out the
> equipment to "save weight" is very much like the 1950s
> idea that we had to "de-TVI" the radio gear; this guy said it
> was a good idea, so his buddy said it was a good idea
> so their buddies said etc. etc.  Next thing you know
> everyone is saying:  "Let's strip it because it's a good idea."
> and it's become "fact by default."
>
> Well, the de-TVI idea was nonsense and so is this one,
> and one need not be an aeronautical engineer to
> see that; it's simple math.
> What is the gross take-off weight of a stock WWII C-47
> minus cargo?  What is the weight of the "guts" you've
> pulled-out of the irreplaceable equipment you've
> destroyed?  You will find you've committed historic
> vandalism to save a tiny fraction of a single percent
> of gross weight- less effect than if you have a mild
> crosswind on take-off.  An insignificant difference
> purchased by the destruction of relics.
> And please don't give me that "one extra pound could
> kill us all" sillyness.  The pilots don't hesitate to pack
> an extra cooler or an extra young lady or two
> or a few extra suitcases when they want them and
> I don't seen anyone running around wringing their hands
> about how this "extra weight" is going to kill them.
> Pure nonsense.  The aircraft was designed to fly safely
> with tons of cargo or empty.  50 extra pounds is nothing.
>
> For me, there is no moral difference in you destroying
> the avionics that made the C-47's mission possible
> and me destroying your precious engines that made
> the C-47's mission possible.  In the moral sense,
> they are identically needless and identically inexcuseable.
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
>
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