UK Maritime Patrol Aircraft - An Urgent Requirement
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Stuffy.
The Airbus fuselage is wider. Really?
By how much. And who really cares. Have you ever been down the back of a P-8A? There are virtual tours available on line. To my eye, it looks like there is more than enough space for kit in this digital age. In fact, it looks as if there's almost too much space.
Your understanding of ASW, in the realm of MAD is astoundingly shallow, if you pardon the pun.
The Airbus fuselage is wider. Really?
By how much. And who really cares. Have you ever been down the back of a P-8A? There are virtual tours available on line. To my eye, it looks like there is more than enough space for kit in this digital age. In fact, it looks as if there's almost too much space.
Your understanding of ASW, in the realm of MAD is astoundingly shallow, if you pardon the pun.
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According to Smiler Jim (of 201) the problem with the Nimrod was that the floor was too high rather than the fuselage too narrow.
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Stuffy,
You forgot to address the lack of the aft Radar, your suggestion - Fly backwards every now and then?
No MAD boom on the Boeing. Well submarines sit next to shipwrecks to hide the metal signature.
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Originally Posted by Stuffy
Speaking to airline engineers who have had B737s and A320s in their fleet. They say that the Airbus is superior. It should be, it is a newer design not a 1950's B707 fuselage. The Airbus fuselage is wider.
The B727 shares only the upper fuselage cross-section with the 707 - the lower fuselage is shaped differently.
Nimrod fuselage diameter (upper) 123"
P-8A fuselage diameter 148".
A320 fuselage diameter 155"-6" (listed internal width 12' 2" vs 11' 4" for B737, but the Airbus website says "7 inches wider than its competitors")
A320 aircraft: A320 range, specifications (dimensions, seating capacity, performance), cabin | Airbus | Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer
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GK, what is important is the vertical position of the floor. As I said above, I was told that the P3 floor position was superior to that of the Nimrod.
I am not sure but I think the Nimrod floor was at the widest section whereas the P3s was lower thus giving a wider cabin. Could be wrong but that is what our expert CO said.
I am not sure but I think the Nimrod floor was at the widest section whereas the P3s was lower thus giving a wider cabin. Could be wrong but that is what our expert CO said.
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"Boeing itself has teamed up with Bombardier (BBDb.TO) to develop a low-cost version of the Poseidon, using the Canadian company's Challenger 605 business jet in conjunction with P-8 surveillance and radar systems."
Unassuming aircraft a drawcard at Asia's arms bazaar | Reuters
Unassuming aircraft a drawcard at Asia's arms bazaar | Reuters
By how much. And who really cares. Have you ever been down the back of a
P-8A? There are virtual tours available on line. To my eye, it looks like there
is more than enough space for kit in this digital age. In fact, it looks as if
there's almost too much space.
Hardly a low cost P8. At best it will be able to conduct Maritime
Surveillance.
There are lots of cheaper options that could do
that.
Surveillance.
There are lots of cheaper options that could do
that.
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According to Smiler Jim (of 201) the problem with the Nimrod was that the
floor was too high rather than the fuselage too narrow.
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I concede the ceiling was too low for Harry Knockolds. There was one aircraft with a dent about a foot above the entrance door. The apocryphal tale was that Harry had forgotten to duck.
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PN et al - surely the Nimrod floor was in the same place as the Comet's, therefore nowhere near the optimum if looking at the fuselage cross section and what was clearly DH106 hull sat atop an attached underside?
PN et al - surely the Nimrod floor was in the same place as the Comet's, therefore nowhere near the optimum if looking at the fuselage cross section and what was clearly DH106 hull sat atop an attached underside?
YS