Re: UK Coastguard SAR - Bristow out??
Nick,
So when you add all the SAR gear, sea tray, twin hoist, FLIR, medical kit, winch-op, winchman/diver, stretchers etc and allow for the fact that the S92 drinks a lot more fuel than the S61, especially in the hover, then the two helicopters will have about the same endurance! The S92 is faster but how much faster without bits falling off?
You said in an earlier post:
"The contract starts in July 2007, plenty of time to complete the delivery of the auto approach/hover system. It has completed its company trials months ago, and behaves flawlessly, as the auto-pilot was designed for SAR from the outset".
From I fly 92's post, the autopilot needs a bit of work before I would want it to trans me down on a dark night to the autohover!
Isn't the sales brochure a bit on the optimistic side, should it be revised?
RI