(B2431) wrote:

It sort of makes one wonder if the guys who designed the F-4 might have
hated
maintenance types.

The F-4E was the only aircraft I ever worked on that one had to disassemble
a
circuit breaker panel and dismount a rudder peddle just to change the
battery.

There were all sorts of fun little things like that. The ALR-46 system
was an afterthought, as far as anyone could tell, and we had crap all
*over* those planes.

And yes, a couple of our control panels had to come out when they
changed that &$#%! battery...

Derigging the ailerons to remove engines was another smooth design.

There was one splice area for ECM that you could only get to by pulling
the left engine. *Nobody* would authorize removing the engine just to
get to it, so it became a "whenever" job.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.

My theory about the design crew for the F-4E was they hung 4 ropes from the
ceiling, put an engine on 2 of them, the CADC on another and the battery on the
fourth. THEN they built the airplane around that stuff.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired