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Maritime Patrol Aircraft - Best/Worst Features

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Old 10th Feb 2017, 21:40
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You've talked of sonobouy carriage, but what about weapons? Unless you hang an awful lot of pylons on the wing you will need a bomb bay - which will raise the height of the floor. You will also need to be able to load/rerole the bomb bay quickly, which means being able to get trolleys and tractors underneath - unless you're thinking WW2 and pushing them underneath by hand - as well as providing working room for the armourers, so possibly a longer undercarriage.

(And a couple of turret mounted 20mm cannon at the front for the pilots to play with! )
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Old 10th Feb 2017, 21:50
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Shackman's cannon might have sounded TiC, but don't dismiss the idea of a turret mounted chain gun, you never know when it would come in handy.
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