Water Dropping Aircraft?
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Water Dropping Aircraft?
by Elefino » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:52 pm
What happens to water dropping 'copters and planes while they drop their load on a fire? They must be very hard to keep under control.
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Re: Water Dropping Aircraft?
by Sunflowers » Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:19 am
Elefino wrote:What happens to water dropping 'copters and planes while they drop their load on a fire? They must be very hard to keep under control.
I should think it would be!!!
I've done a bit of googling and found a few articles on the subject. It all seems to boil down to superb flying skills:
Wikipedia
Coulson Flying Tankers
BoingBoing (nice links - scroll down)
Riverside Police Department Report
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Re: Water Dropping Aircraft?
by LA Bob » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:51 am
The biggest of the flying-boat style fire tankers, the Martin Mars, can't take off with a full load of water. Too heavy. It must take off empty, then skim the surface to scoop up 7200 gallons of water before lurching into the sky and heading for the fire. As the water is dumped, the whole handling characteristic of the aircraft changes. Very cool.
Brute force is now provided by DC10 and 747 Water bombers. They'll water your peonies for ya.
Brute force is now provided by DC10 and 747 Water bombers. They'll water your peonies for ya.
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