Okay 'SN' that's good to know, always handy to find out info from other sources, correct or otherwise.
The floor loading is also an issue with the Beech as in the weight of the wheels on the stretcher with a combined weight of 250Kgs would damage the current floor surface which is modified in the current fleet due to the sunken floor of the B200 ex factory.
I know there are a lot of new rd ambulances that have the uprated stretcher to handle the heavy weight person but they are not interchangeable with the planes at the moment. So shifting a patient from one stretcher to another at night at some country airstrip in pouring rain is just awful
Yr correct about the new system being heavy & the fuel load available. Still 2,5 hrs crz + reserves works for most tasks.
And yes the Beech does taper towards the rear but that's not an issue, humans tend to taper at the end also so they fit
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