RichardL Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 What type of metal is the MAD boom made out of? Aluminum, steel, titanium? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Aluminum...painted grey I believe, but could have been NMF. I never saw a boom extended.... saw it (as small section of the boom) in the ECS compartment on pre-flight when you crawled up there to check the "fluff" bolt. You had to check to make sure that bolt was secure...because it was part of the cable/pulley system to extend/retract the boom. If it (bolt) was missing/loose or broken...chances are the boom would come out on it's own or be unable to retract. Not good. It happed multiple times...hence the inclusion of checking the bolt by the time I started flying the S-3. The tip of the boom was a brownish/yellow/tan-ish color, because it was basically a radome over the MAD sensor. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichardL Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 Thanks for the info, Collin 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?id=16786 About 3/4 down the page...nice pic of extended MAD boom for ya. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichardL Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 Thanks. It appears to be dark aluminum or painted dark gray, although it's still hard to determine from the pic. The picture of the tip is interesting. Some type of paper covering strapped on with white tape since I can see creases/wrinkles? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GW8345 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 All the "stingers" I've seen (they used to fly by the ship with it extended) were painted gray, the tip was fiberglass so it was a tan color. The tape you see was called "radome tape" it was put on fiberglass to help prevent it from cracking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichardL Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 Metallic gray might be the ticket? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dewey89 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Did you complete the entire S-3 Viking or just the mad boom? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crash Test Dummy Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 10 hours ago, Dewey89 said: Did you complete the entire S-3 Viking or just the mad boom? If you check the user's profile he hasn't logged in here in over a year and only had a few posts after his pictures of the MAD boom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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