Sapper,
I think you will find this is the second submission so less than 3 is OK. Not ideal, but OK.
Tonka. I believe years ago you would have been correct about the pitch angle. However, I thnk you will find the new long nose - with additional "Mr Burns" added blimp - brings the C of G forward - not by much but enough to make a difference. I talked to the chaps in Spain who have this configuration having watched them perform a series of SAR demos. I am pretty certain this is not the configuration of the machines on the South Coast - but icould be wrong. I believe the point they made was that people order different things. Some are good, some are excellent.