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Posted: 9/15/2016 11:12:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:04:56 PM EDT
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points...
THIS is a HOOK POINT. 
26 pounds of stop right there. 
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:10:40 PM EDT
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I watched that and my butt puckered when he dropped over the deck. 
Then he reappeared and my heart leapt, and I said (out loud, and I'm alone), "HOLY FAWK--HE MADE IT! HE MADE IT!!" Do they always make it--especially one with fans?  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If the hook or wire fails will the plane stop in time or is the landing aborted? Wire failure  https://youtu.be/r-EHwYOfY94I watched that and my butt puckered when he dropped over the deck.
Then he reappeared and my heart leapt, and I said (out loud, and I'm alone), "HOLY FAWK--HE MADE IT! HE MADE IT!!" Do they always make it--especially one with fans? No. 
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:16:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: lol, horny plane? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: When the gear is down, the hook is down. Except for when only the hook is down. http://i.imgur.com/R20KLaU.jpg lol, horny plane?  |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:25:09 PM EDT
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points... THIS is a HOOK POINT. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154343.jpg 26 pounds of stop right there.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154420.jpg What is that from? |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:33:31 PM EDT
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Yep, they only land one way.
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That would be quite a site to watch a f-18 land on Tarmac with the hook down. It would look a lot like this. http://i.imgur.com/LLXaUH7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/a8mNTvl.jpg No, the Navy pilot would have a sink rate of 500-700 feet per minute and would slam that bitch to the deck right before the wire, so sparkage would be minimal.
Yep, they only land one way.
And it doesn't matter if they have 12K+ of runway. That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". 
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:37:32 PM EDT
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points... THIS is a HOOK POINT. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154343.jpg 26 pounds of stop right there.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154420.jpg What is that from? 
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:42:46 PM EDT
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Did anyone else read "Hooker arrested on aircraft carrier"?
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Posted: 9/16/2016 5:57:47 PM EDT
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That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That would be quite a site to watch a f-18 land on Tarmac with the hook down. It would look a lot like this. http://i.imgur.com/LLXaUH7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/a8mNTvl.jpg No, the Navy pilot would have a sink rate of 500-700 feet per minute and would slam that bitch to the deck right before the wire, so sparkage would be minimal.
Yep, they only land one way.
And it doesn't matter if they have 12K+ of runway. That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". Lol! True. I always got a kick out of watching the AF land while we were on a DET with them. Always reminded me of a little girl slowly dipping her toes into a lake before carefully settling in. -Left Main down for a second... Nope! -Right Main down for a second... Nope! -Try the left again... Nope! -Try the right again... Nope! -Eventually get both mains down and do a wheelie down the runway for a mile before trying the nose. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 6:01:14 PM EDT
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points... THIS is a HOOK POINT. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154343.jpg 26 pounds of stop right there.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154420.jpg What is that from? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/F-4S_VMFA-232_at_Kaneohe_Bay_1984.JPEG Ah. That was a little bit before my time. I'd like to see the hook they put on the C-130 when they landed it on a carrier. Never mind, looks like they did it without a hook. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 6:30:00 PM EDT
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That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". I've heard a story numerous times about a Navy exchange pilot flying F-15s at Kadena who forgot and landed one like he would land an F-14. The F-15 was down for a long time...
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Posted: 9/16/2016 7:21:01 PM EDT
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I've heard a story numerous times about a Navy exchange pilot flying F-15s at Kadena who forgot and landed one like he would land an F-14. The F-15 was down for a long time...
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That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". I've heard a story numerous times about a Navy exchange pilot flying F-15s at Kadena who forgot and landed one like he would land an F-14. The F-15 was down for a long time...
That's the </thread> answer to every one of those "why can't the <name an AF jet> be used on carriers?" topics. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 7:26:37 PM EDT
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That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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No, the Navy pilot would have a sink rate of 500-700 feet per minute and would slam that bitch to the deck right before the wire, so sparkage would be minimal.
Yep, they only land one way.
And it doesn't matter if they have 12K+ of runway. That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". You can always tell the former Navy pilots when you fly commercial - old habits are hard to break, I suppose.
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Posted: 9/16/2016 7:38:55 PM EDT
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Sometimes the arresting hook shoots your dag.
Which is almost gaurenteed if they try to land on the wrong carrier.
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Posted: 9/16/2016 7:40:24 PM EDT
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That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That would be quite a site to watch a f-18 land on Tarmac with the hook down. It would look a lot like this. http://i.imgur.com/LLXaUH7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/a8mNTvl.jpg No, the Navy pilot would have a sink rate of 500-700 feet per minute and would slam that bitch to the deck right before the wire, so sparkage would be minimal.
Yep, they only land one way.
And it doesn't matter if they have 12K+ of runway. That is so fucking true! LOL One evening just before sundown at Kadena we were out on the flightline fixing Phantoms and watching some F-15 along with our birds come in for landing and the differences between the two were rather stark. The Eagles were landing like feathers and the Phantoms were landing like lead. Seriously brutish, more of a controlled crash by comparison. As our aircrews were walking back to the hangar one of the guys asked "Why can't you land like the Air Force?". The reply was "If you flare to land, you squat to pee!!!"". Even into their time with the airlines, you can tell who was a naval aviator and who was just a pilot by that bone-crunching slam onto the runway. Kharn |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 7:45:56 PM EDT
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Except when the aircraft get old they only go half-way up. 
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it's either up or down, nothing else As a Phormer Phabulous Phantom Phixer I can confirm this is the correct answer. Except when the aircraft get old they only go half-way up.
Phantoms Forever! Mikhail there is another option. (start sea story) We had a Phantom so low in the groove he had to come up FAST for the wave off!!! Must have been only feet off the water. Didn't make it in time. But he got lucky, just the hook hit the round-down. We watched as he ripped it right off and it dropped into the South China Sea. IT also punched a nice round hole in the flight deck.
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Posted: 9/16/2016 7:48:06 PM EDT
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F22's don't have hooks at all. The pilots just drop their balls on approach to stop their ego's from falling off the end of the carrier.
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Posted: 9/16/2016 8:24:51 PM EDT
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points... THIS is a HOOK POINT. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154343.jpg 26 pounds of stop right there.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154420.jpg That's not a tailhook.......this is a tailhook. 
And this was not replaced after 10 traps.........it was replaced after 100 traps. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 8:30:22 PM EDT
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That would be quite a site to watch a f-18 land on Tarmac with the hook down. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When the gear is down, the hook is down. The pilot tries to hit the third wire, but a hook is a hook. Nope, tailhook can be operated independently of the gear. An F-18 landing at an airfield doesn't need or use the tailhook. That would be quite a site to watch a f-18 land on Tarmac with the hook down. Wouldn't hurt anything, planes catch the barrier at land based fields all the time. That's why USAF fighters have weak little tail hooks too. |
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Posted: 9/16/2016 9:59:15 PM EDT
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F22's don't have hooks at all. The pilots just drop their balls on approach to stop their ego's from falling off the end of the carrier. About the hook part.... 
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Posted: 9/17/2016 6:35:32 PM EDT
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That's not a tailhook.......this is a tailhook. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/l9v5ewb52fjt8gw/thumb_IMG_0359_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/i3tih3jofl2gumj/thumb_IMG_0360_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wwaantyg8sfdrkj/thumb_IMG_0361_1024.jpg?dl=0 And this was not replaced after 10 traps.........it was replaced after 100 traps. If I laid the entire tailhook assembly from an F-4 on your couch I'd have to put a Brazzers logo in the pic and you'd need to file a claim against your homeowner's insurance for a new couch. 
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Posted: 9/17/2016 8:46:42 PM EDT
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That is just the stinger portion of the tailhook assembly. There is a whole other section that attaches to the aircraft that would also take up more than the couch.
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Posted: 9/17/2016 9:14:54 PM EDT
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If the hook or wire fails will the plane stop in time or is the landing aborted? Wire failure https://youtu.be/r-EHwYOfY94talk about pucker factor. |
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Posted: 9/17/2016 9:23:39 PM EDT
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If I laid the entire tailhook assembly from an F-4 on your couch I'd have to put a Brazzers logo in the pic and you'd need to file a claim against your homeowner's insurance for a new couch. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's not a tailhook.......this is a tailhook. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/l9v5ewb52fjt8gw/thumb_IMG_0359_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/i3tih3jofl2gumj/thumb_IMG_0360_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wwaantyg8sfdrkj/thumb_IMG_0361_1024.jpg?dl=0 And this was not replaced after 10 traps.........it was replaced after 100 traps. If I laid the entire tailhook assembly from an F-4 on your couch I'd have to put a Brazzers logo in the pic and you'd need to file a claim against your homeowner's insurance for a new couch. I really hated stowing the tailhook manually on an F-4, takes some serious ass. Usually because some damn FNG dropped it "accidentally". |
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Posted: 9/17/2016 9:58:15 PM EDT
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Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Browning, Lt. Cmdr. Kellen Smith and Lt. Matthew Halliwell were awarded for reacting in time to prevent the loss of the Hawkeye, which is assigned to the Norfolk-based Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123, or "Screwtops." The award is presented for heroic actions or meritorious service while participating in aerial flight.
Halliwell was the pilot of the Hawkeye on March 18 when it attempted an arrested landing on the Ike. The steel cable broke and backlashed, injuring eight sailors on the deck. Video of the incident shows a harrowing few seconds during which the aircraft disappears below the level of the Ike's deck. The Hawkeye got as close as 10 feet to the water before recovering and flying back to Norfolk Naval Station. Smith was the Hawkeye's co-pilot and aircraft controller during the incident, the Navy said in a news release Thursday. He has been flying for 12 years. "It all happened in about eight seconds," Smith said in the release. "While we were decelerating we heard a loud snap. When we would normally be coming to a stop, we weren't. Our years of training kicked in and we reacted on instinct." The Hawkeye is an turboprop aircraft used for "command and control." It is recognizable by its 24-foot-diameter radar rotodome, a large disc attached to its upper fuselage. Smith and Browning remain with the squadron, which left with the Ike on a seven-month deployment June 1. Halliwell is now working as a Hawkeye instructor, the Navy said. |
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Posted: 9/17/2016 10:10:50 PM EDT
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Naval aircraft tailhooks are strong.
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Posted: 9/17/2016 10:12:44 PM EDT
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Hoping I am not breaking OPSEC... |
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Posted: 9/18/2016 8:01:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/18/2016 8:18:08 AM EDT
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pQKCW-h6J9k/Tuqx-hVXWDI/AAAAAAAABlo/5Iib2ajsTq8/s1600/1926+Tailhook.jpg Hoping I am not breaking OPSEC... Note the bungy cord spring on the tail skid. That's some high tech shit right there! |
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Posted: 9/18/2016 2:57:15 PM EDT
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well that looks beefy as hell. what's it off of? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points... THIS is a HOOK POINT. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154343.jpg 26 pounds of stop right there.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154420.jpg That's not a tailhook.......this is a tailhook. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/l9v5ewb52fjt8gw/thumb_IMG_0359_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/i3tih3jofl2gumj/thumb_IMG_0360_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wwaantyg8sfdrkj/thumb_IMG_0361_1024.jpg?dl=0 And this was not replaced after 10 traps.........it was replaced after 100 traps. well that looks beefy as hell. what's it off of? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile A-6 Intruder of course.......see avatar
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Posted: 9/18/2016 3:00:33 PM EDT
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well that looks beefy as hell. what's it off of? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points... THIS is a HOOK POINT. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154343.jpg 26 pounds of stop right there.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154420.jpg That's not a tailhook.......this is a tailhook. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/l9v5ewb52fjt8gw/thumb_IMG_0359_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/i3tih3jofl2gumj/thumb_IMG_0360_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wwaantyg8sfdrkj/thumb_IMG_0361_1024.jpg?dl=0 And this was not replaced after 10 traps.........it was replaced after 100 traps. well that looks beefy as hell. what's it off of? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Look at his Avatar and guess what his screen name means...
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Posted: 9/18/2016 3:03:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/18/2016 3:08:16 PM EDT
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Look at his Avatar and guess what his screen name means... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Fellas... Those aren't hook points... THIS is a HOOK POINT. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154343.jpg 26 pounds of stop right there.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/20160916_154420.jpg That's not a tailhook.......this is a tailhook. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/l9v5ewb52fjt8gw/thumb_IMG_0359_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/i3tih3jofl2gumj/thumb_IMG_0360_1024.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/wwaantyg8sfdrkj/thumb_IMG_0361_1024.jpg?dl=0 And this was not replaced after 10 traps.........it was replaced after 100 traps. well that looks beefy as hell. what's it off of? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Look at his Avatar and guess what his screen name means... mobile app has no avatars and A6BN means nothing to me. Google to the rescue. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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