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Old 25th Jun 2015, 18:29
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CAC Runaway
 
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Marinised my @rse.

Apache may be many things, but it is singularly unsuitable for shipborne ops.

The fact that it has been operated in a limited way from our ships is tribute to the personnel attempting it, not the qualities of the the airframe.
Well the aircraft actually performs pretty well from a ship, in fact the SHOL is almost exactly the same as a Seaking. I'm not sure why you say it's unsuitable. Yes there may be long term salt laden environment issues but short term the aircraft does pretty damn well.
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