Originally Posted by
currawong
And still no answer to the question -
"How is the bigger equipment stacking up now that it is here?"
Have all the problems gone away or are the same problems presenting?
Sitting in the seat of a B212 on a fire last year as a Helitak and being able to watch both the Coulson C130 and the DC10 drop in quick succession I can say that the C130 was super effective. The DC10 was pretty much a waste of time dropping from too high and too fast left a very unimpressive impact on the fire/retardant line they were laying down.
It appeared that the C130 flew the same patterns that the SEAT's were able to.