hyd3failure,

" It cost an absolute fortune and since delivery it has sat in the hangar and rotted away unservicable."

If it has had the bad entry into service and 'rotted away unservicable' how come I fly them on a regular basis....?

Me thinks you talk from your a**e!!

:p

hyd3failure,

" It cost an absolute fortune and since delivery it has sat in the hangar and rotted away unservicable."

If it has had the bad entry into service and 'rotted away unservicable' how come I fly them on a regular basis....?

Me thinks you talk from your a**e!!

:p

ZH844
Please tell me that westlands are paying you to spout this cr@p
When you say that you fly them on a regular basis, do you mean once a month? I suppose thats regular..........
You just have to talk to anyone at Culdrose to know that things are coming to breaking point.:rolleyes:

ZH844
Please tell me that westlands are paying you to spout this cr@p
When you say that you fly them on a regular basis, do you mean once a month? I suppose thats regular..........
You just have to talk to anyone at Culdrose to know that things are coming to breaking point.:rolleyes:

Go on then ZH844....lay yr cards out. How long have you been flying Merlin and how many hours do you have? How many hours a month do you get?

Go on then ZH844....lay yr cards out. How long have you been flying Merlin and how many hours do you have? How many hours a month do you get?

I am of course only coming on this thread by invitation.

Most in the RN know who I am and if hyd3failure had an ounce of true Merlin knowledge he would realise that his posts are most definitely ignorant.

I have 500 hours on Merlin many of which in testing it to the limit around the world. It is by far and away the BEST helicopter we have in Service at present taken as a package.

I have tested both the Sea King and Merlin to the deck and the Merlin is far superior. Whilst some may criticise particular area of the flight envelope or clearance much of this has been brought on by the modern safety first culture that we now live in. Legacy aircraft have many get out clauses - new one's do not. Hence the Chinnook Mk3 fiasco.

Before you slag off this aircraft the Canadian Armed Forces are hugely up beat about it in the SAR role and they have racked up 1,000s of flying hours in a short space of time.

The main problem in the RN has been an underestimation of the support required of such a modern all singing and all dancing aircraft. The £840m you mention is not to bring current aircraft up to speed it is in fact a full upgrade program(CSP) to the avionics, systems and flight controls (which will make this a fly by light aircraft).

Your short sighted (probably Lynx views) are typical of the misleading scorn poured on this aircraft. Whilst I don't think Merlin(US101) will win the US Presidential race, it has been such a SERIOUS contender to rattle Sikorsky and make them play the Foreign card.

I personally have nothing against the Lynx and note with satisfaction that Merlin chaps do not sit on this network slagging off that force. As is usual when people feel threatened (or jealous) they like to slag of the other guy (see Sikorsky above).

Lets face the facts.

We need a mix of modern and up to date aircraft. With more money we get all we want. That is never going to happen and compromises have to be made. If you have Carriers you need big maritme aircraft to support and protect it- Merlin does this job.

All talk of Merlins and CVS are spurious. Sea King ASW were kicked off way before Merlin arrived and as someone keenly pointed ut earlier its the stores and support setup with GR7 that does it not the other way around.

As with many threads on here we should avoid the shouting and slagging especially intra-service.

The Grey fleet is small and on the whole effective. Personally I will be glad to go back.

Oh and by the way - lets keep recruiting together.

I am of course only coming on this thread by invitation.

Most in the RN know who I am and if hyd3failure had an ounce of true Merlin knowledge he would realise that his posts are most definitely ignorant.

I have 500 hours on Merlin many of which in testing it to the limit around the world. It is by far and away the BEST helicopter we have in Service at present taken as a package.

I have tested both the Sea King and Merlin to the deck and the Merlin is far superior. Whilst some may criticise particular area of the flight envelope or clearance much of this has been brought on by the modern safety first culture that we now live in. Legacy aircraft have many get out clauses - new one's do not. Hence the Chinnook Mk3 fiasco.

Before you slag off this aircraft the Canadian Armed Forces are hugely up beat about it in the SAR role and they have racked up 1,000s of flying hours in a short space of time.

The main problem in the RN has been an underestimation of the support required of such a modern all singing and all dancing aircraft. The £840m you mention is not to bring current aircraft up to speed it is in fact a full upgrade program(CSP) to the avionics, systems and flight controls (which will make this a fly by light aircraft).

Your short sighted (probably Lynx views) are typical of the misleading scorn poured on this aircraft. Whilst I don't think Merlin(US101) will win the US Presidential race, it has been such a SERIOUS contender to rattle Sikorsky and make them play the Foreign card.

I personally have nothing against the Lynx and note with satisfaction that Merlin chaps do not sit on this network slagging off that force. As is usual when people feel threatened (or jealous) they like to slag of the other guy (see Sikorsky above).

Lets face the facts.

We need a mix of modern and up to date aircraft. With more money we get all we want. That is never going to happen and compromises have to be made. If you have Carriers you need big maritme aircraft to support and protect it- Merlin does this job.

All talk of Merlins and CVS are spurious. Sea King ASW were kicked off way before Merlin arrived and as someone keenly pointed ut earlier its the stores and support setup with GR7 that does it not the other way around.

As with many threads on here we should avoid the shouting and slagging especially intra-service.

The Grey fleet is small and on the whole effective. Personally I will be glad to go back.

Oh and by the way - lets keep recruiting together.

Why does a brand new aircraft need an avionics upgrade?

Why does a brand new aircraft need an avionics upgrade?

Si Clik... WELL SAID SIR

I am almost loathe to read any Merlin threads on pprune these days as you can guarantee that no matter what the original thread was, it will be hijacked by those wishing to slag off the aircraft with their ignorant, mis-informed drivel. We all know it has problems, but some of the c**p that gets posted on here makes me wonder about the people who write it.

I can only agree that feeling threatened and jealousy play a big part in this - and unfortunately these feeling are obviously on the agenda with some the Navy's seniors who really should know better

Si Clik... WELL SAID SIR

I am almost loathe to read any Merlin threads on pprune these days as you can guarantee that no matter what the original thread was, it will be hijacked by those wishing to slag off the aircraft with their ignorant, mis-informed drivel. We all know it has problems, but some of the c**p that gets posted on here makes me wonder about the people who write it.

I can only agree that feeling threatened and jealousy play a big part in this - and unfortunately these feeling are obviously on the agenda with some the Navy's seniors who really should know better

I have no doubt what so ever that Merlin is a first class state of the art aircraft - When it is servicable !!! When is it going to be serviceable BTW?

I have just one dit to mention. During the visit of a Very senior FAA Officer to a ship he asked ...

"how is the Merlin/Lynx co-op going?"

Reply....

"Its going great Sir, There U/S, we fly ashore to get spares for them, bring the stores back, there still U/S. Thats the Co-Op" !

Enuff said.

I'm sorry but if I had paid that amount of money for an aircraft I'd want the bloomin thing servicable!
Yeah, Right. So which weapon does it use to take out the asymetric threat?

I have no doubt what so ever that Merlin is a first class state of the art aircraft - When it is servicable !!! When is it going to be serviceable BTW?

I have just one dit to mention. During the visit of a Very senior FAA Officer to a ship he asked ...

"how is the Merlin/Lynx co-op going?"

Reply....

"Its going great Sir, There U/S, we fly ashore to get spares for them, bring the stores back, there still U/S. Thats the Co-Op" !

Enuff said.

I'm sorry but if I had paid that amount of money for an aircraft I'd want the bloomin thing servicable!
Yeah, Right. So which weapon does it use to take out the asymetric threat?

I think Navaleye has a point!

(there Navaleye, I said it)

Also, why is it that, out of a buy of 44, the 2 CVS Sqn's have a complement of 4 each and will do apparantely until well into the second half of this decade?
6 operational on 829 for use on T23's..........
14 front line operational frames? What with tiny little SHAR flight sized squadrons that they couldn't man, what is happening to the FAA?

I think Navaleye has a point!

(there Navaleye, I said it)

Also, why is it that, out of a buy of 44, the 2 CVS Sqn's have a complement of 4 each and will do apparantely until well into the second half of this decade?
6 operational on 829 for use on T23's..........
14 front line operational frames? What with tiny little SHAR flight sized squadrons that they couldn't man, what is happening to the FAA?

Thats a good point. Apart from the fact that there are not 6 T23 merlin flights....BUT where are the missing aircraft? Seems we may have lost about 25 Merlin.....Hmmmm

Thats a good point. Apart from the fact that there are not 6 T23 merlin flights....BUT where are the missing aircraft? Seems we may have lost about 25 Merlin.....Hmmmm

HYD3

"Yeah, Right. So which weapon does it use to take out the asymetric threat?"

This coming from an aircraft that still compiles the surface plot on their lap using coloured pens? Does your Nav system still run on Dopple's too?:confused:

HYD3

"Yeah, Right. So which weapon does it use to take out the asymetric threat?"

This coming from an aircraft that still compiles the surface plot on their lap using coloured pens? Does your Nav system still run on Dopple's too?:confused: