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Pave Penny pod will probably disappear soon. It's a maintenance nightmare and with an ATP, utility is reduced.

Coach

I'm at Moody now doing transfer acceptance and do notice most jets have the Pave Penny. We have a Baltimore QA guy with us and he said we only had them on the jets we're taking...to take them home as equipment and store them in a back shop. ANG rarely uses them. Talking to a few Moody Crew Chiefs, they don't like them because of a lot of code 2 status on a secondary system.

BTW, why is it so freakin' hot here!?!

Gotta love the deep south in summer time.

Weasel Keeper wrote:

Gotta love the deep south in summer time.

It was I think 115 last week on Monday with the heat index. Gonna be 105 tomorrow. It's still over 90 at midnight... I can't wait to deploy back to the desert just to cool down a bit.

Author:	Weasel Keeper [ 18 Jun 2010, 04:24 ]
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Still new enough to the A-10 that I'm a little confused. What is the little pod that hangs from the right nose side, and is it still used on the C model? Most C's I've seen don't have the pod. The reason I ask, I'm on staff at SimHQ.com...a simulation website. Last quarter of this year a new PC flight sim is supposed to be released called DCS: A-10C Warthog and it's really got folks buzzing because of other Eagle Dynamics and DCS flight sims of the past (Flanker, Lomac, Blackshark). Plus, a new A-10C HOTAS controller from CH is coming. There's never been a good A-10 simulation and this is supposed to be \"the one\"! Anyway, SimHQ released some computer wallpaper screens and I noticed this FT jet has that pod. Should it? http://warthog.simhq.com/images/wallpaper2.jpg Further Sim news: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/f ... rthog.html Thrustmaster A-10C HOTAS report from E3: http://www.simhq.com/_commentary/all_101c.html

Author:	Dice-man [ 18 Jun 2010, 06:18 ]
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Weasel, first yes it should be there. It's called a Pave Penny pod and it's a LASER RECEIVER which was used on the A-10A to receive ground or air based lasers to do different functions such as prioritize targets. It was keep on the A-10C as a back-up for other systems and a secondary sensor if needed. heck it was there so why not keep/us it. I'll be on the SimHQ forums as soon as I can get my account fixed.

Author:	Weasel Keeper [ 18 Jun 2010, 06:53 ]
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Yo Dice, if you need help with your SHQ account let me know, maybe I can help. As for the Pave Penny...doesn't the Litening Pod and/or SADL do the same thing? In the past 5-6 months I've been to Barksdale, Moody, and MD ANG...and so far I haven't seen that pod once on any jet. Probably a good backup, but haven't seen any.

Author:	jackb [ 18 Jun 2010, 10:43 ]
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The pave penny pod is on prob 90% of the jets here at Moody. The only time it gets removed is for wash prep or a declass.

Author:	Weasel Keeper [ 18 Jun 2010, 16:00 ]
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Okay guys, thanks!

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Author:	Coach [ 18 Jun 2010, 21:14 ]
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Pave Penny pod will probably disappear soon. It's a maintenance nightmare and with an ATP, utility is reduced. Coach

Author:	prkiii [ 19 Jun 2010, 23:45 ]
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Coach wrote: Pave Penny pod will probably disappear soon. It's a maintenance nightmare and with an ATP, utility is reduced. Coach An A-10 without a pave penny won't look right....

Author:	Weasel Keeper [ 23 Jun 2010, 23:38 ]
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I'm at Moody now doing transfer acceptance and do notice most jets have the Pave Penny. We have a Baltimore QA guy with us and he said we only had them on the jets we're taking...to take them home as equipment and store them in a back shop. ANG rarely uses them. Talking to a few Moody Crew Chiefs, they don't like them because of a lot of code 2 status on a secondary system. BTW, why is it so freakin' hot here!?! Gotta love the deep south in summer time.

Author:	jackb [ 24 Jun 2010, 06:25 ]
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Weasel Keeper wrote: I'm at Moody now doing transfer acceptance and do notice most jets have the Pave Penny. We have a Baltimore QA guy with us and he said we only had them on the jets we're taking...to take them home as equipment and store them in a back shop. ANG rarely uses them. Talking to a few Moody Crew Chiefs, they don't like them because of a lot of code 2 status on a secondary system. BTW, why is it so freakin' hot here!?! Gotta love the deep south in summer time. It was I think 115 last week on Monday with the heat index. Gonna be 105 tomorrow. It's still over 90 at midnight... I can't wait to deploy back to the desert just to cool down a bit.

Author:	Weasel Keeper [ 24 Jun 2010, 16:08 ]
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One good thing, it makes the beer taste that much better after work!!! So glad you guys got Yuengling down here finally and they sell it cold at the Shopette!

Author:	prkiii [ 24 Jun 2010, 19:05 ]
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jackb wrote: Weasel Keeper wrote: I'm at Moody now doing transfer acceptance and do notice most jets have the Pave Penny. We have a Baltimore QA guy with us and he said we only had them on the jets we're taking...to take them home as equipment and store them in a back shop. ANG rarely uses them. Talking to a few Moody Crew Chiefs, they don't like them because of a lot of code 2 status on a secondary system. BTW, why is it so freakin' hot here!?! Gotta love the deep south in summer time. It was I think 115 last week on Monday with the heat index. Gonna be 105 tomorrow. It's still over 90 at midnight... I can't wait to deploy back to the desert just to cool down a bit. Shoot I was launching out a jet this morning (first in 13 years and remembered everything...I know not hard but give me my "moment" of accomplishment) and I think I lost 10 pounds in just sweat....

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