ReconRat Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) Photos of B-1B innards are hard to come by, but here's a pic of an air base flight mechanic working on engine nacelle bay 3. One of the main fluid lines right there was notorious for vibration and cracking.Strange, because bay 1 and 3 were nearly identical, and bay 2 and 4 were basically mirror images for layout.Those fluid lines he has his hands on are main pressure supply and return for pump 5 of 8 attached to generator/APU/pump assemblies. With a trans axle attached to the engine.I was an engineering liaison on the mock up, development and installation of nacelle systems for all 100 aircraft built. I still see this stuff in dreams...Isochronal inspections keep B1-B hydraulic lines functioning wellhttp://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/rapidcityjournal.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/99/c99fb5f6-58bd-11e1-95ad-0019bb2963f4/4f3d32ede1516.preview-300.jpgedit: Next week maybe some stories about the Super Conducting Super Collider.edit: And yeah,it's actually a B-1B, not B1-B. I'm always messing that up. Edited December 25, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf1000ride Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 I've never worked on the military stuff. Got tons of time on commuter airliners and smaller. Looks all the same to me, an engine/pump/apu/whatever surrounded by a ton of lines so you can barely see it let alone work on it. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent2406 Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 (edited) Ah yes, the B1 Bomber! I was stationed at Grand Forks A.F.B. from 90-93. Saw my share of these taking off and landing. Nothing like seeing the after-burners from one of these at night! I was actually part of the history making event at G.F.A.F.B. of removing all B1s from nuclear standby. I was an AMMO troop, and actually had the opportunity to touch every type of nuclear warhead, the military had of the time.On a side note, my cousin Brian Wallace, who grew up in the tiny little town of Deersville, OH, flew one of 3 flights from the Time-To-Climb record breaking events held April 29, 30 and May 1, 2010. http://www.dyess.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123203104 Edited December 25, 2012 by Kent2406 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerpaw Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 I got to Grand Forks AFB in '98. The B-1Bs were all gone by then. We used their old hangars for the KC-135R. I started in the 3-bay and ended up on the alert pad. Some of my coworkers had experinece on the B-1Bs and said they preferred the tankers:p I am always amazed how big they are...because in most pictures they aren't near anything for a size reference. Definitely a cool aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerpaw Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 http://www.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=1327 pages of high-res Lancer pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 You've lived an interesting life, Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted December 25, 2012 Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 I used to make the titanium torque tubes (brake component) for these. My company is working on a steel-to-carbon retrofit program for this aircraft so they must plan on using them for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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