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Enzo Matrix - 31 Jul 2007 20:39 GMT

Hi Kelly,

can you tell me how A-7s were usually parked? Did they have flaps and slats
drooped or retracted?

Ta!

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Teresa Voyles - 01 Aug 2007 02:21 GMT

Hi Enzo,check your email,I got you an answer off board. Cheers,Kelly Voyles

> Hi Kelly,
>
> can you tell me how A-7s were usually parked? Did they have flaps and
> slats drooped or retracted?
>
> Ta!

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Enzo Matrix - 01 Aug 2007 22:20 GMT

Kelly Voyles wrote:

> Hi Enzo,check your email,I got you an answer off board. Cheers,Kelly

I'm afraid it didn't get through. Could you please resend it?

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Pat Flannery - 01 Aug 2007 02:47 GMT

> Hi Kelly,
>
> can you tell me how A-7s were usually parked? Did they have flaps and slats
> drooped or retracted?
>
>

Here's some images of parked ones:
http://www.hellas.org/military/air_force/images/a7h-2.jpg
http://www.tlc-brotherhood.org/images/Korat2001/A7-cap.jpg
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/attack/a7/a7_03.jpg
http://www.cloud9photography.us/aj/AJ21_A-7_RONMcNEIL.jpg
http://www.cloud9photography.us/aj/AJ23_A-7_PETERMANCUS.jpg
http://www.cloud9photography.us/aj/AJ25_A-7_BOBLAWSON.jpg
http://greekmilitary.net/webzoom.freewebs.com/gfile/Greek%20%20Military%20airfor
ce%20Vought%20A-7%20Corsair%20II.jpg
http://www.tlc-brotherhood.org/koratcrusader.jpg
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/a7_3.jpg
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/001-100/walk090_A-7/images%20Hawk/Ima
ge025.jpg
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/001-100/walk090_A-7/images%20Rodger%2
0Kelly/A7-15.jpg
(I left out museum or airshow display ones, as they wouldn't be under
normal operating conditions, and all of them seem to have the flaps and
slats up, probably for appearance's sake.)
It looks like some have them up, and some have them down.
Are the flaps and slats run by hydraulics? Because if they are, what
might be going on is that they are up at engine shutdown but then droop
over a period of time as hydraulic pressure on them lowers.
They sure look more interesting in the drooped position, especially the
drooping slats on one with the wings folded:
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/attack/a7/a7_03.jpg

Pat

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