phantomfixer Posted February 9, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 9, 2020 Found this yesterday, in a sealed foil package...dated 1954...had to open it... I think it is for the Grumman Tracker ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted February 9, 2020 Really no use for it, unless I want to start building a Tracker...one of those cool things to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted February 9, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 9, 2020 Interesting, What exactly would this be used for? I know what a sonobuoy is, I have one, can't figure out what this would be used for. As far as I know, sonobuoy tubes are not "dangerous". BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted February 9, 2020 Just from looking at the Tracker ..the buoys are deployed via a rack behind the engine fairing, aft of the wings trailing edge...the cover, I think, goes over the open rack of buoys..when loaded on the carrier..removed before flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted February 9, 2020 and the cover might not go to the Tracker.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 9, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 9, 2020 It could be the Canadian version produced under licence by Grumman for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) CS2F TRACKER - Exterior Features (photos) Port side sonobuoy launcher on s/n 1600. RCN Trackers carried a total of 16 air-dropped T.1946 sonobuoys. The two larger holes at the top aft end of the engine nacelle were intended to house the direction-finding SSQ-1 sonobuoy. It failed acceptable tests so it wasn't deployed with the S2F and the holes were left empty. The first action on arrival over a potential submarine location was for the co-pilot to eject a pattern of sonobuoys from the rear of the engine nacelles. The pilot then orbited the search area while the two systems operators analyzed printouts of frequency scans from the Jezebel long-range detection system; these would indicate any tell-tale engine, propeller or shaft noises captured and transmitted by the sonobuoys. Inside the wheel well, there is a plenum that only covers the front end of the 8 sonobuoy launch tubes. Attached to it is a duct that supplies warm air from the engine compartment to this plenum, thus keeping the sonobouys from freezing up. When the Tracker was modified for a Maritime Surveillance role, all the anti-submarine processing equipment was removed and the remaining two sonobouys (one on each side) were used strictly as position markers. An aluminum plate was cut to cover all but one of the holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfixer Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted February 10, 2020 Thanks for that Sailor...the cover looks to be the same shape as the dispenser you posted 89 is the part number prefix for the S-2 Tracker...I must assume the 1954 date on the package, is the manufacture date of the packing material, not the cover itself... Thanks for the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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