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DocWhirlyBird t1_je9qehj wrote

Reply to comment by tmaccd in 2 Blackhawk helicopters with 101st Airborne Division crash, status of crew members unknown | CNN by 5xad0w

That orange hose is a fuel line to the engine

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UnderwaterRobot t1_je9yk0r wrote

It's actually the air supply for the engine starter

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DocWhirlyBird t1_jea2vf6 wrote

No, it's the fuel inlet hose that attaches to the fuel boost pump.

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Miffers t1_jea5wq8 wrote

There were a lot of good points in this debate. Hard to choose a winner.

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GreenStrong t1_jea7kh2 wrote

They're all wrong. The orange hose is the helicopter's bile duct, which carries digestive enzymes from its liver to its stomach.

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UnderwaterRobot t1_jea6biv wrote

The thin line or the thick one? I should have clarified

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DocWhirlyBird t1_jea6gz0 wrote

I was talking about the fat orange one off to the left

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UnderwaterRobot t1_jea6r3y wrote

Yeah that one is an air supply. I was a 15T. the fuel supply is all solid line

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DedRonin t1_jea7jqq wrote

Pretty sure that's the main fuel line. Worked on T700s for six years.

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mr_potatoface t1_jeaniba wrote

Y'all are making other readers feel really confident in our aviation mechanics, I'm sure. Air supply? Fuel supply? Who knows? Who cares? Mechanics don't fly, once it gets out of the bay it's someone elses problem.

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DedRonin t1_jeaql59 wrote

It's a mechanics problem if the plane they worked on crashes.

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