Hydrazine response exercises
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I think being in those suits and working sucks donkey ****. And the person who unzips you better have a strong stomach.
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skippy wrote:Of course, when actually didn't fire the bottle, just purging the system.
Nasty stuff to mess with and the suits definately suck when your trying
to work in them.
Suits are a lot better than a bath in N2H4. Mishandling of this material is what caused the Russian R-16 rocket disaster. Just a tiny mistake killed over 100 people including Field Marshall Nedelin.
The lucky ones died in the fireball; others died over the next month or so as a result of burns, smoke inhalation, and exposure to the toxic propellants of the R-16 rocket.
Hydrazine compounds were first discovered by Emil Fischer in 1875 when he was looking for a sugar substitute. Other than as a fuel the common uses for this family of materials are pesticides (Sencor), pharmaceuticals, (Celebrex) and the deoxygenation of boiler feed water.
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skippy wrote:I guess that is why the hazardous duty pay came in handy.
Yeah, that extra $150 bucks a month is worth it when your kid comes out with 6 total fingers and no ears looking like a ninja turtle.
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Come on people. Hydrazine duty isn't that bad. Did it for 6 years, was in charge for the hydrazine team in Bodo airbase for three. If you have control of your self and the aircraft it isn't dangerous. Though I remember opening a hydrazine tank that was still pressurized. Was covered in small H-70 droplets. Got my little pump racing for sure. Had a fresh mechanic with me and he lept 6 feet back in a heart beat.
Now that I am doing boring depot work, I am actually missing the flightline and hydrazine.
Now that I am doing boring depot work, I am actually missing the flightline and hydrazine.
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jacarlsen wrote:Now that I am doing boring depot work, I am actually missing the flightline and hydrazine.
That is the long term affect of hydrazine exposure......
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CajunMaintainer wrote:jacarlsen wrote:Now that I am doing boring depot work, I am actually missing the flightline and hydrazine.
That is the long term affect of hydrazine exposure......
Another side effect is a strong longing for the smell of trichloroethylene and the special flavor the coffee had with just a little touch. That was the best grease and crud remover ever.
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CajunMaintainer wrote:skippy wrote:I guess that is why the hazardous duty pay came in handy.
Yeah, that extra $150 bucks a month is worth it when your kid comes out with 6 total fingers and no ears looking like a ninja turtle.
I have 3 kids that have all turned out just fine. In Phoenix it sucks going out on a H-70 IFE with it being over 100 degrees. That's a quick way to shed a few pounds.
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