SR-71 Flight Manual - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

IowaZR-1 · 03-01-2010

The manual was declassified several years ago and has now been made free to the public. Very interesting site...check all the tabs!
http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/

As with any project......be sure to "read the manual FIRST"

Z Factor · 03-01-2010

Very nice, I have always been a fan on this magnificent aeronautical engineering.

flyin ryan · 03-02-2010

Thanks. Love that bird

. Kelly Johnson was & still is a person I hold in high regard.

zr1mom · 03-07-2010

I had the pleasure of refueling one over Vietnam.

IowaZR-1 · 03-07-2010

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Originally Posted by zr1mom

I had the pleasure of refueling one over Vietnam.

They would fly slow enuff for a refuel?....lol

zr1mom · 03-07-2010

We just had to speed up.

flyin ryan · 03-08-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by zr1mom

I had the pleasure of refueling one over Vietnam.

That's awesome...You guys know what they originally used to fire those things up on the ground? Should be an easy one...

zr1mom · 03-08-2010

Originally, the Blackbird's engines started up with the assistance of an external "start cart", a cart containing two Buick Wildcat V8 engines positioned underneath the aircraft. The two engines powered a single, vertical driveshaft connecting to a single J58 engine. Once one engine was started, the cart was wheeled to the other side of the aircraft to start the other engine. The operation was deafening. Later big block Chevrolet engines were used. Eventually, a quieter, pneumatic start system was developed for use at Blackbird main operating bases, but the start carts remained in the inventory to support recovery team Blackbird starts at diversion landing sites not equipped to start J-58 engines.

We used a big blower more or less called an MA-1A to get the engines to start spinning. Sometimes they used a cartridge that more or less just exploded to sort of jump start it.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...et.asp?id=6923

flyin ryan · 03-09-2010

Right on! You got er', Buick 455's at first then later a pair of 454 Big Block Chevy's, the whole while fuel dripping on them from above. Pretty neat.

03-01-2010	#1
IowaZR-1 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Iowa aka "one big cornfield" Posts: 341	SR-71 Flight Manual The manual was declassified several years ago and has now been made free to the public. Very interesting site...check all the tabs! http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/ As with any project......be sure to "read the manual FIRST"

03-01-2010	#2
Z Factor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: S. Florida Posts: 2,667	Re: SR-71 Flight Manual Very nice, I have always been a fan on this magnificent aeronautical engineering.

03-02-2010	#3
flyin ryan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta or Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 2,741	Re: SR-71 Flight Manual Thanks. Love that bird . Kelly Johnson was & still is a person I hold in high regard. __________________ There are no limit's mans ingenuity, just as mans ingenuity will never conquer the forces & behavior of this planet...Smokey Y.

03-07-2010	#4
zr1mom Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 421	Re: SR-71 Flight Manual I had the pleasure of refueling one over Vietnam. __________________ ZR-1 Mom Founder ZR-1 Net Registry Founder ZR-1 Net NCM Lifetime Member

03-07-2010	#6
zr1mom Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 421	Re: SR-71 Flight Manual We just had to speed up. __________________ ZR-1 Mom Founder ZR-1 Net Registry Founder ZR-1 Net NCM Lifetime Member

03-08-2010	#8
zr1mom Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 421	Re: SR-71 Flight Manual Originally, the Blackbird's engines started up with the assistance of an external "start cart", a cart containing two Buick Wildcat V8 engines positioned underneath the aircraft. The two engines powered a single, vertical driveshaft connecting to a single J58 engine. Once one engine was started, the cart was wheeled to the other side of the aircraft to start the other engine. The operation was deafening. Later big block Chevrolet engines were used. Eventually, a quieter, pneumatic start system was developed for use at Blackbird main operating bases, but the start carts remained in the inventory to support recovery team Blackbird starts at diversion landing sites not equipped to start J-58 engines. We used a big blower more or less called an MA-1A to get the engines to start spinning. Sometimes they used a cartridge that more or less just exploded to sort of jump start it. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/fac...et.asp?id=6923 __________________ ZR-1 Mom Founder ZR-1 Net Registry Founder ZR-1 Net NCM Lifetime Member

03-09-2010	#9
flyin ryan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta or Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 2,741	Re: SR-71 Flight Manual Right on! You got er', Buick 455's at first then later a pair of 454 Big Block Chevy's, the whole while fuel dripping on them from above. Pretty neat. __________________ There are no limit's mans ingenuity, just as mans ingenuity will never conquer the forces & behavior of this planet...Smokey Y.