Originally Posted by A Squared
(Post 9107722)
That's also not a MAFFS or MAFFS 2 system. It's a completely different tank and drop system developed by Coulson. It can be installed in C-130's, and in fact has been installed in a C-130, but it requires fairly extensive airframe modifications.
The MAFFS can be installed in any Herc without extensive modification. The Coulson product is called RADS and, along with the Canadair doesn't have that feature. The water will have a forward velocity of some sort when it arrives at ground level. This won't matter much for forest fires but is an issue for urban ones. In due course, there are going to be some harsh words spoken in Paris. |
However, the use of RADS in urban environment is not obviously encouraged either, judging from unitedaero.com/firefighting/rads-systems/ where it only states "The RADS II provides reliable, versatile, effective and economical fire fighting capabilities. In grasslands, heavy timber or chaparral".
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Originally Posted by Downwind Lander
(Post 10463589)
I am pretty confident that I am right.
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