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On 1/1/2024 at 5:48 AM, Loach Driver said:

Here is a photo that popped up on FB. Another new shot of an AH-6G with the IR Exhaust fitted.

 

LD.

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That's the first picture I've seen that really shows the profile of that device.   Hate to say it but it looks like Werner's Wings got it wrong.

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It has been a difficult item to truly get right given the lack of decent references. It looks small and skinny in that picture while in others it has a “fuller” look to it.

 

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1 hour ago, Loach Driver said:

It has been a difficult item to truly get right given the lack of decent references. It looks small and skinny in that picture while in others it has a “fuller” look to it.

 

LD.

Would this be fitted in conjunction with that large air intake mounted on the upper left of the aft fuselage?

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That is my understanding. I'd guess that the big air intake supplies cooling air to the engine bay but also into the exhaust system, mixing cool air with the hot exhaust to bring the overall exhaust temperature down. Only a guess, as I say.

 

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On 1/2/2024 at 7:03 AM, 11bee said:

 

That's the first picture I've seen that really shows the profile of that device.   Hate to say it but it looks like Werner's Wings got it wrong.

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Edited by Floyd S. Werner, Jr.
we did ours on actual close up unclassified photos of just the exhaust. This would be another version
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Thanks for the update, Floyd. I didn't know there were a couple of different versions in use in that time frame. Do you know who manufactured this exhaust? Was it done with assistance from McDonnell Douglas Helicopters or was it an in-house project developed, fabricated and tested by the 160th engineering personnel themselves? Thanks.

 

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Great picture Floyd, thanks for sharing it!   Would love to know how you came across that shot.   Definitely looks like they fielded a different version (note that this device is labeled as model 1B) but doesn't look like it would be too difficult to mod your part to replicate the one in the OGS pic above.  

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On 1/7/2024 at 11:49 AM, 11bee said:

Great picture Floyd, thanks for sharing it!   Would love to know how you came across that shot.   Definitely looks like they fielded a different version (note that this device is labeled as model 1B) but doesn't look like it would be too difficult to mod your part to replicate the one in the OGS pic above.  

G-4 classified.  Can't reveal the source, but it is a declassified photo.

Floyd  

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On 1/2/2024 at 7:03 AM, 11bee said:

 

That's the first picture I've seen that really shows the profile of that device.   Hate to say it but it looks like Werner's Wings got it wrong.

IMG_5632_550x825.JPG?v=1574260908

 

 

 

I've seen photos of at least 3 different "scoop" devices over the years....

 

 

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