Yup! Like RF-4B Phantoms from VMFP-3 long ago!! DOH!!stevepsd said:That must have been a while ago!! > >
All Cannon plug pins are only crimped (at least on USN & USMC aircraft). Never any solder. Solder creates a stress point within the wire at the point where the solder ends (it is wicked up into the wire itself by the capillary action of the strands of wire) if the solder is wicked up beyond the mechanical crimp (which is almost impossible to completely prevent - unless done by machine).
My field of endeavor was within the "I" level repair of all the black box electronics of the above mentioned F-4s along with F-18, A-4, A-6, EA-6B, AV-8B, C-130 (pre upgrade to the flight avionics - C-12 compass system stuff), and several others. I work as an aviation electrical instrument systems tech.
There was a lot of solder joints inside the myriad of "boxes". You should have seen the CADC from the F-4!!! A maze of eccentric cams, fingers, springs, and all sorts of ooooollllllddddddd stuff like that....and lots of solder connections.
You are correct, never a solder canon plug connection in anything.