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Re: The 1st Green R-10 Fantrip: June 8, 1986. |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Jun 8 14:03:35 2011, in response to Re: The 1st Green R-10 Fantrip: June 8, 1986., posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Jun 8 13:34:58 2011. The green R-10s did get a sort of mini GOH. I recall seeing updated ME-42 brake valves removed from either scrapped R-16s or R-17 through 22s on the 10s (there IS a slight difference between the ME-42s on the 10s though 15s and later models). That was the most visible upgrade I saw and I'm sure there were others that I wasn't aware of. A friend of mine who is a TSS told me that the R-10s were the oldest equipment he operated as a M/M and that when he operated them it felt like he was operating a good substantial piece of equipment. Although I did like the R-10s, I feel it was unfortunate that the newer R-16s had to be scrapped ahead of the older R-10s. Although the 16s were a rather trouble plagued fleet, I think that a good GOH, even a mini one like the R-10s got, might have improved their performance and enabled them to last a little longer. |
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