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B727LVR From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 628 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 year 12 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 5033 times:

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A question was asked in the OMEGA accident thread abuot 707's being re-engined with JT8D-219 engines. Doing some research I found that the USAF is going to put the -219 engine on their E-8's instead of the CFM engine like the KC-135 and so on. Any guesses as to why?

http://www.pw.utc.com/media_center/assets/me_jt8d-219_product_card.pdf

http://www.pw.utc.com/media_center/p.../2001/11_nov/11-7-2001_6112724.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Ts8Ebkd_I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-IHRw-UbV0&feature=related

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ZANL188 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 3244 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (1 year 12 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 4907 times:

IIRC the CFM had an adverse impact on the operation of the mission radar that the JT8D did not.

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litz From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1745 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 12 months 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 4884 times:

To clarify - the JT8D is a much narrower profile, and therefore doesn't block part of the radar operating area ...

That big fat fan (by comparison) on the CFM simply gets in the way.

LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22021 posts, RR: 51
Reply 3, posted (1 year 12 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 4863 times:

Good previous discussion here:
Re-engined E-8 To Begin Flight Test 17 Dec. 08 (by KC135TopBoom Dec 6 2008 in Military Aviation & Space Flight)

Also article discussing the choice of CFM versus JT8D.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Re-engining-the-E-8-JSTARS-04891/

http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_E-8C_Re-engined_First_Flight_2008-12-20_lg.jpg

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dlednicer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 505 posts, RR: 7
Reply 4, posted (1 year 12 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4500 times:

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As this picture shows, the smaller JT8D-200 nacelles also work well with the MS-177 Senior Year sensor:

JoeCanuck From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 4987 posts, RR: 29
Reply 5, posted (1 year 12 months 3 hours ago) and read 4298 times:

It sounds like a shockingly sensible idea. A 19% savings in fuel burn, probably millions more per plane saved in retrofitting each plane, a huge performance increase, works better with their sensor arrays, way cheaper per engine...and only 6% less fuel efficient than the -56.

Makes so much sense I'm surprised they are actually doing it.

What the...?

litz From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1745 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4052 times:

And don't forget, as the DC9's and MD80s get retired ... a plentiful supply of engines and engine parts.

- litz

Spacepope From Vatican City, joined Dec 1999, 2735 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4042 times:

Quoting litz (Reply 6):
And don't forget, as the DC9's and MD80s get retired ... a plentiful supply of engines and engine parts.

- litz

How would the DC-9 retirement help?

Pratt has just recently restarted production of the JT8D-219 for this project. The E-8 will get new production units.

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B727LVR From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 628 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 3891 times:

Quoting Spacepope (Reply 7):
Pratt has just recently restarted production of the JT8D-219 for this project. The E-8 will get new production units.

This is huge for P&W... enough engines for 17 aircraft, plus spares... This is a good sum of money. Looks like the 707 is going the way of the the B-52 for the military...

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AWACSooner From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1415 posts, RR: 1
Reply 9, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 3729 times:

Too bad they're not even thinking about re-engining my aircraft.

KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11705 posts, RR: 52
Reply 10, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3680 times:

Quoting AWACSooner (Reply 9):
Too bad they're not even thinking about re-engining my aircraft.

It would make sense to reengine the USAF E-3B/Cs with the F-108 (CFM-56) engines of the E-6Bs, KC-135Rs, and some RC-135 models..

Spacepope From Vatican City, joined Dec 1999, 2735 posts, RR: 1
Reply 11, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 3666 times:

Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 10):
It would make sense to reengine the USAF E-3B/Cs with the F-108 (CFM-56) engines of the E-6Bs, KC-135Rs, and some RC-135 models..

Nah, give them the JT8D, they can have thrust reversers then!

AWACSSooner: wasn't the mantra a few years ago "We've got all the JT3s we ever need" in storage?

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AWACSooner From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1415 posts, RR: 1
Reply 12, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3596 times:

Quoting Spacepope (Reply 11):
AWACSSooner: wasn't the mantra a few years ago "We've got all the JT3s we ever need" in storage?

That was BEFORE most of them were de-rated on their thrust and sent to re-engine all the Buffs. Can't go into too much detail, but it's now a point of concern for my airframe.

JoeCanuck From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 4987 posts, RR: 29
Reply 13, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 3452 times:

Quoting AWACSooner (Reply 12):

Maybe take the big dish off of the top the slide a frame or two into the E-8 re-engine line...who'd know...?

What the...?

AWACSooner From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 1415 posts, RR: 1
Reply 14, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 3440 times:

The lack of a trough radar underneath would give us away...

JoeCanuck From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 4987 posts, RR: 29
Reply 15, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 3389 times:

Quoting AWACSooner (Reply 14):
The lack of a trough radar underneath would give us away...

...eventually...maybe. Tell 'em it's in the shop...or it's got the new slim contoured double extra dopplerish super wide scan, flush mounted unit...very hush, hush.

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