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Old 26th Dec 2012, 10:04
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SARowl
 
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SAR Helos

The cockpit is cramped with no space for additional role equipment and the cabin would end up with a lot of folk with really bad backs. The Puma was designed to be fast in a straight line, the Sea King to be stable in the hover.
Cyclic,

Try flying an AW139, which is in service as a SAR aircraft - and the AW189 won't be much better...
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