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Which variant of the Herc is that?Originally Posted by Hoser
After a long day of dodging thunderstorms.
The seven-bladed props make it a J or later, if memory serves.
"We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."
Nathan Fillion, "Firefly"
It is a 1994 H3 model. They used to have four silver aluminum blades and the J Models (they came out in 1996) have 6 blades. The very first A models and a few Bs had 3 bladed props. I have never seen a 3 blade prop in person.
These NP-2000 props have 8 blades and are friggin awesome. Between the new props and new Rolls Royce engine upgrades, it is a total sportscar.
You wont see any more of the older 4 blade hurks anymore. The props got old and started having issues like blades coming off inflight. That is not good.
You know I like my coffee sweet in the morning
and I'm crazy about my tea at night
My grandson's in the Navy, stationed at Tinker AFB in OKC, in an E6-B Mercury squadron, tired old Boeing 707's. He says he's hearing rumors of those being replaced with C-130's, hopefully they'd be the latest and greatest versions.
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I imagine they have regular parts runs to Davis-Monthan to keep a 707 in the air.
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