Originally Posted by
MReyn24050
Rather than reverting the HC3s to HC2 standard wouldn't it make sense to convert these aircraft to the proosed HC4 standard first?
That crossed my mind too but perhaps there are other factors. The conversion time for Mk 2 to Mk 4 might be X months but for a Mk 3 to Mk 2a might be X/2 and then another X to modify it to Mk 4.
Now the Mk 2 might be out by the hours before the Mk 3 could be converted to Mk 4 standard so convert the Mk 3 to Mk2a and convert timex Mk 2s first. Then convert the Mk 3/2a which have filling the Mk 2 gap to Mk 4s.
Inefficient, yes, but necessary perhaps. Just a thought.