P3 Orion Beat Up

[10Carparso02]

Realy Brilliant sound i LOVE it ^^

[Ahzlon]

I see one of those almost once a week doing touch n' goes at BTV. Kinda cool to watch them running around.

[GP9railfan]

4,600 SHP (X 4), right there! Plenty of power. The plane is litterally pulled through the air with the amount of power/torque that the engines, & props put out. The only Orions that still have the original black nose radome & beige over white paint scheme are a handful of EP-3's.

[vetteracer65]

maneuver flaps (18 degrees)

[scenepointjudge]

Landing/approach is 18 degrees.

[vetteracer65]

I was close, hey, I sat in the back lol!

[vetteracer65]

Actually takeoff/approach is 18 degrees, land flaps is 40 degrees :-)

[scenepointjudge]

As long as the pilots land the damn thing! Besides, flap knowledge is for the FEs!

[vetteracer65]

Ever see the Koninklijke Marine guys fly? (Netherlands) Those guys are psychotic. I was limited to 200 feet with the radalt on, they fly 50 feet off the water at 240 knots with approach flaps (18 degrees) DAMN!

[UNSOF]

was that an Aussie P-3C?

[vetteracer65]

I couldn't get a good look at the tail feathers, but I think it was U S.

[vetteracer65]

I was wrong! It's New Zealand. You can see the kiwi on the fuselage.

[UNSOF]

yea, i figured it must have been aussies, canadian or new zealand, i think the u.s. uses an older style paint scheme on their orions

[vetteracer65]

Actually, the U S has both. Some are still the haze gray, but most are the beige color, now. how the f*** do you spell "beige"?

[UNSOF]

lol, do some operate the old 60s era looking white and grey with the black nose?

[vetteracer65]

No, that's way gone. As I said, most are either the haze gray or that new beige color. The new Boeing P-8 Poseidon MMAs will be all haze gray.

[P3SuperBee]

@vetteracer65 how the f*** do you spell "beige"? 16440 Gloss Gull Gray... No where near "beige".. Same gray as when they were white over gray in the mid 60's to mid 80's when they started going to the tactical gray,("haze gray")

[eleventhwarrior]

We're (Canadian) a darker color of grey.

[vetteracer65]

405 knots vNe, that's 468mph. Not bad for a lumbering sky pig. And we can stay airborne for 14 hours. :-)

R/

AW1 SS-3

[eleventhwarrior]

Loiter 2 engines and see what you get :)

[lostchord359]

Those Allison T-56's produce over 4,600 shaft HP apiece, & there's 4 of them. You do the math. They're faster than people think. I know, because I work on them everyday, in a VP squadron.

[BKALEY]

a plane going by...

[vetteracer65]

That aircraft is the very reason you sleep safe every night, my friend. Remember the cold war? Khruschev kept track of his submarines by asking where the American P-3s were operating.

[kenny95258]

it would be good to see it doing a bombing run....

[decibully1984]

wow, never pictured the P3 as impressive 'til now.

[SLIME308]

brilliant stuff

[kiwibigboy]

gotta love the whine of the orion at full speed!

[nzmarcusm]

second that - i'd call it more of a scream at FULL speed tho.

[vetteracer65]

Too true...and it sounds even better from the inside ;-)

[Tonto76]

Nice! lets see some more RNZAF aircraft videos if you've got them?

[planedude91]

thats the best plane ever!!

[tuyupati]

You´re right, the best aircraft

[amarpilot]

I agree :P