the ideal fire/water bomber?

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote

I've watched one put out a real fire in france. Amazing. But the key here
is nearby water source. without one how good is it compared to anything of
similar size and weight?

It can also refill on the ground with a hose and tanker. It can lift a full
load off of a runway, 1200 gallons for a 215, 1400 gallons for a 415. I
would have to do some searching to find out how much runway it would take,
but it isn't much.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote

I've watched one put out a real fire in france. Amazing. But the key
here is nearby water source. without one how good is it compared to
anything of similar size and weight?

It can also refill on the ground with a hose and tanker. It can lift
a full load off of a runway, 1200 gallons for a 215, 1400 gallons for
a 415. I would have to do some searching to find out how much runway
it would take, but it isn't much.


Oh I know, but that just puts it on even footing with a similar sized
aircraft with a tank installed, in which case, if you were buying an
airplane to protect an area with no bodies of water nearby, you'd be as
well off or better off buying something even larger that's filled the same
way.

Bertie

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in
It can also refill on the ground with a hose and tanker. It can lift
a full load off of a runway, 1200 gallons for a 215, 1400 gallons for
a 415. I would have to do some searching to find out how much runway
it would take, but it isn't much.
Do they still make the -215 as the av book shows it having the PW R2800
recip engines- do they still make those or are they using a reman? Gotta be
a lot more econmical at least from the fuel burn at low altitudes. Pat

"patrick mitchel" wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in
It can also refill on the ground with a hose and tanker. It can
lift a full load off of a runway, 1200 gallons for a 215, 1400
gallons for a 415. I would have to do some searching to find out
how much runway it would take, but it isn't much.
Do they still make the -215 as the av book shows it having the PW
R2800
recip engines- do they still make those or are they using a reman?
Gotta be a lot more econmical at least from the fuel burn at low
altitudes. Pat




No, they haven't made them since the sixties, at the latest. They'd be low
hours rebuilds.


Bertie