Forum: F-16 Procedures

Has anyone in the forum used the MBFI before?

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I've used it about a million times. I was management by the time the second edition came out, so I am not so up on that one, but the old one was just fine, as long as you heeded its limitations.

I used it many times years ago...but I still love my -501 and -060 beer can any day.

Cheers,

ViperDude

SixerViper and ViperDude
Did you ever use the tester for anything other than troublshooting a known problem?

We've used it a few times for those phantom ENG 001 MFLs...they pop up more randomly than herpes

tokenblkguy1785 wrote:

We've used it a few times for those phantom ENG 001 MFLs...they pop up more randomly than herpes

We had those too, we found some were caused by the STA 5 matrix on block 25-32. And some were from a coax pin at the centerline disconnect, where the center pin was crushed and shorted to the outer shield.
We had to replace a number of these pins, about 12 or so for the fleet.

Did you replace your matrix or just replace the offending transformers?

Enthusiast Joined: Sep 26, 2006 - 10:26 PM Posts: 55

We use it at Shaw constantly. We have a 180 day MBFI inspection we implemented for preventive maintenence. We pull all out all of the weapons matrices and MBFI each one as well as the wiring between. It definitely has cut down on weapons related write-ups. We also have what we call an electronic phase where we ring out the weapons stations and run a WIT tester on our JHMCS systems (helmet cueing). Works like a champ! You know we are just trying to create a lean, mean killing machine!! Laughing

rupp05
This sounds like the same program we had at Homestead.
I was using the MBFI II, did they come out with a newer version yet?

I think it is a great piece of equipment...the Manager is right here at Ogden.

Types of Problems Detected:
Avionics, Blanker, Communication, Display, Electronic Warfare, FMUX and Weapons MUX Bus MFLs.
HUD and MFD Symbology.
HUD Blanking and Flickering.
Hung Bombs and Multiple Releases.
Missile Slaving Functions.
Numerous Weapon Station Malfunctions.
Reported LRU Failures.
Numerous Intermittent MFLs.
Reduces LRU Retest Okay (RTOK) rates.

I worked with two versions of the MBFI. We used it to shoot all sorts of wiring problems in manual mode.

Forum: F-16 Procedures

Who has used an MBFI