Originally Posted by
dragartist
I often wondered if the wing tip pods on the Herc were similar to those on the Nimrod Mk2. The ones we fitted to the R were different altogether.
No, MAROC was an entirely different system to YELLOW GATE fitted to Nimrod MR2; the latter was derived from an American system, indeed the display on the Flight Deck was the same as that fitted to F15. The YELLOW GATE fitted to the R1 was the same as that fitted to the MR2.