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Interesting factoid... The rear of the fuselage on the C-5 is hollow. There's a door that opens to the area, but it doesn't have a floor. The crew stores some toilet paper in there, but you can't put anything substantial in the space as it messes up the center of gravity. That empty, unuseable space is actually bigger than the cargo area of the C-130.
Interesting factoid... The rear of the fuselage on the C-5 is hollow. There's a door that opens to the area, but it doesn't have a floor. The crew stores some toilet paper in there, but you can't put anything substantial in the space as it messes up the center of gravity. That empty, unuseable space is actually bigger than the cargo area of the C-130.
Is the highlighted area the space you're referring to?
I found this interesting picture here, showing them transporting the fuselage of a C-130. Yikes!
Is the highlighted area the space you're referring to?
I believe so, plus the area directly under the tail. I was stationed at Kelly AFB at the B-52 Depot 30 years ago. The C-5 Depot was there, as well. All the depot crewdogs were in the same squadron, but we weren't qualified to check out both air vehicles. I saw C-5s every day, and toured it a couple of times, but never took a ride. The brain cells carrying those memories have since been compromised.
In all seriousness, I'd wager that the reversing characteristics of that rig are actually pretty decent, judging by the proportions.
Having stared at it for a while, I even think the balance of the middle load is probably close to tolerable. Guessing that the static tongue weight at the forward coupling is near zero.
Braking might be interesting.
The crack in the windshield of the vehicle from which this photo was taken is pissing me off more than the subject of the photo.
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