Need Haynes workshop manual for my SR-71

The Haynes manuals are great, especially for the older vehicles.

Hopefully this one goes into the same level of detail as the ones I've used. It would really suck to find out at Mach3 that you haven't tightned one of the aileron control hydraulic fittings to the right number of N-m.

--sp

Here's a response from one purchaser,

"I was having troubles with my SR-71 not transferring fuel at sub-sonic speeds. This Haynes manual saved my butt. It allowed me to identify the problem and get the proper part ordered from Lockheed. And bonus, Lockheed has free shipping on any orders over $25,000 right now. That saved me some cash. And thank you to John at Lockheed for hooking me up with the Bluetooth headset, no more trying to hold my phone while working the stick and throttle." Mikek :-)

I opt for the Helm Inc. manuals, more $ but worth it.

Cheers

When I buy a new vehicle I try to get the OEM shop manual right then and there before they become non-obtainium.

I have the OEM manual for my Q45 (on CD) but only Haynes for the Frontier pick-em-up trick. ...Jim Thompson

The flight manual was declassified several years ago. A badly scanned version is available online:

While you're waiting for delivery of your customized SR-71 Blackbird from Lockheed, you can stay in practice using a free Flight Simulator X or 2004 mod:

The Helm manuals are the OEM manuals. But imports, Honda Acura etc the manuals are usually dealer items.

Cheers

Does it cover optional accessories (the D-21)?

Mark L. Fergerson

I've never really tested Haynes to any great extent... just how to remove interior door panels to repair a remote door-lock actuator that came loose from the locking mechanism :-(

Bought a nice set of plastic pry bars to do that ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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Except that when the SR-71s were built America was still using ft/lbs.

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That's not "an accessory", it is a mission package. A very unsuccessful one at that.

I managed to D/L the OEM manual for the better half's Nissan SUV. It's complete, nicely illustrated and good English, but rather irritating in that you have to jump back and forth between functionally organize dsections to get all of a procedure, wherease the Haynes manuals are service procedure oriented and if you have to remove some unrelated bits, they'll include it right there unless it's really involved, rather than telling you to go to some other section (from where you might be sent to yet another section).

Less of a problem for a pro who will have all the tools and supplies on hand for the job, more so for the shade tree mechanic who may find they need a left-handed framitzammer puller in order to complete a job just as the stores are closing.

--sp

Worse yet, not calibrating the engine inlet control system properly:

It has been said that SR-71 pilots can be readily identified by the black and blue complexion on one side of the face though that became less common as inlet unstarts were brought under control.

I'm looking for "How to Keep Your Blackbird Alive: A Manual of Step by Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot."

-- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away.

Well, it had air cooled engines...and a fuel-cooled cockpit. That's something like a VW's gas heater only backwards, right? ;)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

Pound feet. This was 1964, remember?

Shades of Mars Climate Orbiter.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

MCO - Slug * Meters? Newton * Furlongs? Dram * Micrometers?

no - everything* was done in elephant * astronomical unit.

• except the things done in mouse * parsec which may have been a bad idea as the elephant was scared by the mouse and went off course.

Now maybe you can get it off blocks in your back yard.

(whoosh)

Mark L. Fergerson

From the bits of info I've heard about different planes it seems not unusual for fuel to serve as coolant, but in the SR71 ISTR the fuel also served as hydraulic fluid (maybe for the ramjet inlets?).