If Lockheed designed a cup holder...

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/20/2015 at 09:54 • Filed to: planelopnik

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...it would look like this. This is the cup holder on the C-130J Super Hercules. There’s one for the pilot and one for the co-pilot, and it will hold anything from a styrofoam coffee cup to a Big Gulp.

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atrombs > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 10:02

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The rest of the pictures in the slideshow from the link were pretty sweet too.

Leadbull > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 10:13

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They probably sourced it from a smaller company

ttyymmnn > atrombs 10/20/2015 at 10:29

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They were! I like taking detail shots like that when I go to air shows. I like to find little things that the casual observer might miss.

atrombs > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 10:32

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Haha. I like humor in official places like that.

ttyymmnn > atrombs 10/20/2015 at 10:34

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Probably not even humor. Probably more like something that a mechanic with a HS education could understand, and is even clearer than “handle with care.”

Svend > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 10:44

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That’s all very well and good but where is the English R.A.F. pilot to keep the saucer and the teapot, not to mention the sugar bowl and small jug of milk.

BringBackTheCommodore > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 11:11

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Handle like eggs? Open it up and make sure there’s no leakage, and then keep it separate from the rest of the groceries?

ttyymmnn > BringBackTheCommodore 10/20/2015 at 11:21

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Exactly. You’re hired.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Svend 10/20/2015 at 11:25

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There’s a book I have on desert warfare during WWII, and in the long stretches of no action, it was highly valued to be able to prepare tea. One incident recounted is a tank group that was out in the middle of nowhere calling base to see if anyone minded. “Base, JABO calling. May we brew up?”. The Germans were on frequency and told them they could. Well, that’s settled then.

BringBackTheCommodore > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 11:28

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Perfect!

Svend > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/20/2015 at 11:44

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To refuse someone to make tea, just wouldn’t be cricket.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Svend 10/20/2015 at 11:46

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I think the Germans were vaguely pretending to be “Base”, but weren’t really bothering. “Yes, you may breeewww up.”

Svend > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/20/2015 at 12:10

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It may of been followed with, “Can ich haben, sorry I have zwei lumps wit mein tea please?”.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 13:33

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Is it just me or does it look like the propellers all rotate the same way on the C-130J? They feather the blades when parked so you can’t tell which way they would rotate, but these pictures of a C-130J and an EC-130J seem to show all the propellers rotating in the same direction. I thought multi propeller planes needed counter rotating propellers to eliminate rolling due to engine and propeller torque.

“C-130J Hercules cleaning” by United States Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Jame Pritchett - Licensed under Public Domain via Commons

“EC-130J Commando Solo” by USAF - Licensed under Public Domain via Commons

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 10/20/2015 at 13:39

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I hadn’t thought about it, but a little Googling finds that the props do, in fact, all turn in the same direction. One person said that on such a heavy aircraft the counter-torque effects aren’t a requirement. I do know that the new Airbus A400M has props that turn in different directions. What’s interesting here, though, is that they use gears to reverse the prop direction so that all four engines are identical and don’t require mirrored parts depending on the direction of spin.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 10/20/2015 at 17:32

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I like mine over hard, break the yokes.