Originally Posted by RumPunch
Well you have to look at the P8 and the problems they are having with stresses on the wing at low level, no jet with podded engines should be down low level over the sea, from an engineering point of view its only going to cause long term effects on the airframe (fatigue cracking)
IIRC the Buccaneer Mk2 suffered from fatigue around the wing spar 'spectacles'.
DFM, I am rather surprised at the abandoning of the role and, given where we were, would have stuck with the Nimrod, even though I doubt whether the Nimrod was the best airframe for the job. Sorry, though, I got tempted into this thread because of the logic of the Vettel comment rather than the overall thrust of real content. I'll probably just lurk, now - as I don't think I have anything more to add personally. Oh, and I've had a heck of a week, too
