That means that rescue swimmer + casualty on wire
plus winch operator on skids are out of lateral C of G limits too?
I don't know - all I do know is that many questions have been raised at the new Military Flying Training School about the aircraft and its suitability for live winch training.
SAS that 40% increase in payload figure seems rather misleading - a 40% increase in what? Weight on the wire? AUM of the aircraft for OEI OGE hover? What have they done to the engines to give themselves a 2.5 min OEI capability instead of a 2 min one?