arnobiz Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Hello, I would like to build this as a diorama but I am lacking documentation on the ground equipment. Would anyone know the name of the grey and green things (and/or have pictures)? Creative Commons licensed picture by Jerry Gunner from Lincoln, UK Many thanks, Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VA-115EFR Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I believe this is an in ground power unit to provide the aircraft with electricity and also air start up for the older aircraft lacking an Auxiliary Power Unit. Not sure of the exact name tho. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 That's also my guess but my search with just "ground power unit" did not return anything of interest, even when I added navy or naval air station :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve jahn Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) It looks like it is permanently attached to the ground. Going to be hard to find a make ore model number for that. Steve Edited April 21, 2013 by Steve jahn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Thanks for your help. I found a number of pictures of exactly the same location from different angles on Touchdown.com and contacted them to see if they would them me higher resolution versions of this part of the pictures. I received a very nice and friendly initial reply, wait and see now! Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 Little bump as I am still looking for any reference on this: If you have hi-resolution pictures (or even drawings!) of this it would be much appreciated :) Thanks, Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greenshirt Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Arnaud, That's a permanent ground starting station. The hose on the left is for starting air (huffer) the black cable on the right is electrical power. They are/were custom built to specs as a cheaper-to-maintain alternative to the mobile starting units. Basically they look like boxes but they have connections and gauges the same as the mobile units. I did a quick search online but most photos for huffers and MEPPs show them closed up, or too far away to show details. Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spongebob Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) As said before, the left is a permanent huffer and the right is permanent electrical power. The green box probably holds chocks/covers while the aircraft are flying....each one of these will be different by base. HTH Spongebob Edited July 15, 2013 by Spongebob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 Thanks for the input guys. Would you by any chance have pictures of the back side? This is at NAS Fallon. Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rightwinger26 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 The grey boxes are called wells units. As everyone else said, they are permanant and proved ground air and external power. The green box is whats called a cruise box, they are just rectangular collapsable metal boxes, pretty standard across the navy, same design no matter what. The cruise boxes are all different colors, when they are new, they are grey, but get painted from time to time. I dont have any pictures though, sorry. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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