[ARC5] [Milsurplus] ARB Canvas Cover

[J. Forster]

Mike,

I'm not criticizing. I'm just trying to understand why?

I can see why a cockpit cover might be left open it there was a need to
respond quickly to a Japanese air attack, but why would the ARB the only
thing to be protected with a removable cover? Maybe there are covers out
there for other gear, but I've not seen any.

And what about other gear? Transmitters? Panel Instruments? Are there
drain holes in the bottom of the fusilage or does rain/spray just slosh
around down there?

I'm not a plane guy.

Best,

-John

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> Those are certainly valid questions. ZB-*, DU-*, GP-*, and GO-*
> equipment come to mind most quickly. But why would one need covers for
> USAAF BC-*** test equipment (or for Navy equivalents) that were used in
> the hanger deck?  With the greatest of respect, I might suggest getting
> a copy of the Aircraft Radio Maintenance Notes (ARMN) and getting back
> to the original authors with those questions. :-)
>
> I'm not gonna attempt to defend the photographs of corrosion problems
> nor the cautions with respect to certain Navy aircraft "leakers" in 1944
> and 1945.  Folks like Robert Downs, Mike Morrow, and others on this
> reflector clearly understand the reality of the surface vessel flight
> deck in the pacific far better than I can even begin to articulate.  The
> only salt spray in my teeth was on the patio of a Navy Officer's Club in
> Panama during a Pacific storm.  Exhilarating, even a bit tastey, but of
> little use for the issue you raised.
>
> I'm not being obdurate - simply describing what I see in the documents I
> have here, and what the limitations of my data represent.  I can
> speculate from here to Sunday....but debate? I'm not qualified in the
> environment beyond reading and summarizing the printed word.
>
> Very 73,
> -Mike
>
> On 3/1/2013 8:43 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> What about everything else in the cockpit? I've never seen covers for
>> anything except the ARB; portable test gear like the BC-221 and BC-906,
>> BC-1066; and gear used outs1de AFVs on the ground.
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ===================
>>> Plus, while staged on the flight deck in the South and Central Pacific,
>>> the
>>> canopy is probably open. If you can see the radio while standing on the
>>> wing root, so can the rain.
>>>
>>> In a message dated 03/01/2013 17:55:02 PM Central Standard Time,
>>> aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes:
>>>> Salt spray and drips.  Think a fighter staged on a carrier deck, with
>>>> a
>>>> strong wind over the bow and a significant sea state, not to mention
>>>> an
>>>> eternally leaky canopy. It happened.  The ARMN has photos of the
>>>> results
>>>> to connectors and the like.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/1/2013 6:34 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>>>> A canvass cover for my ARB just arrived and in trying it out, it
>>>>> seems
>>>>> that the radio is fully operable from the remotes with the cover in
>>>> place.
>>>>> Does anybody know what was the cover's real purpose ? Ican well
>>>> understand
>>>>> a canvass cover for a WS19 Field Station, but the ARB??
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> -John
>>>>>
>>> Robert Downs - Houston
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