Originally Posted by
BEagle
According to a Boscombe Down chap, the Sentinel struggled to meet specification requirements. Fitting a probe would have been the straw that broke the camel's back.
He was also rather dismissive of the Army's idea of letting 'some helicopter corporal' (as he put it) fly as a Sentinel co-pilot
Well, the Boscombe down chap was right about one thing! No disrespect to the AAC......
The only area were the probe may have made it difficult was if it pushed the ZFW towards the limit. However, Bombardier were more than willing to increase the Max ZFW - ‘you just have to ask the question’ was what the designer said to me.
To us, Wedgetail May indeed seem to be the obvious choice. To an MP on a select committee with perhaps less technical knowledge, a UK vested interest and a commercial promise of a similar sounding aircraft for a much lower cost, the choice may be less clear.......