I see Crab and his cronies are up to full spin and talking nonsense as usual so here we go....
Sea King can do 240nm RoA with 17 seats available (ie no restrictions on cabin space)
A recent rescue proformed by Lossie to go 200 miles west of Benbecula airport reported in the paper.
Outstanding rescue award for Scottish crew - Press & Journal Flt Sgt Hutt said: “We don’t often do long-range jobs like this so it took a lot of planning. “It involved the engineers from the start stripping the aircraft and getting rid of any extra weight."
So they were stripping out the aircraft to go 200nm and yet Crab spin says you don't need to!!! A bit of a contridiction Crab n'est pas??
I keep being told that the new helicopters are the future of UK SAR but they struggle to meet the Sea Kings present (and very old) capability, let alone set the new standard for the next 20-30 years. They have glass cockpits and go a bit faster but that is it.
Oh yes and Crab spin conveniently forgets to add that the S92 have better performance, are a lot faster, are fully de iced so can fly in all weathers, have a twin hoist, navigation benefits such as moving map, FLIR in the cabin/cockpit, EGPWS, TCAS, AIS (Crab if you don't know what the last 3 are - just ask!) plus sat phone for long distance comms, have a radar that points in the direction you are flying, have a proper IFR nav kit, fully coupled IFR and SAR modes vastly superior to what the old sea kings have and it is constantly in development. Oh but the Sea King has a kettle... mind you then need it cos it takes them so long to get there!
It's only a shame that Bristow pulled out they were by far the best SAR operator - maybe why thats what Crab and his croonies didn't like about them it showed them up. Oh and repeating the old modern myth about the gearbox on the floor - please get it right that particular lie always refers to an engine not a gearbox!
As for the military being cheaper than civy SAR what tosh! The military have no repect for taxpayers money, they treat it as there own personal fund with no hestitation to waste it such as the £2.5 billion wasted on nimrods and chinnoks! Face facts with the credit crunch coming in your unefficient, over indulgent wasteful days are over... you might even lose the school fees the tax payer is funding too!!
Still, nice to see Crab at his bull!!!!!ting best!
