FWSAR (CC130H, Buffalo, C27J, V22): Status & Possibilities

[armrdsoul77]

At least it's better than TCR...

What's that?

 

[dimsum]

At least it's better than TCR...

 

[OldSolduer]

What's that?

Yean crayon eaters are inquisitive too.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

TCR= Tactical Control Radar.

 

[Good2Golf]

FTFY
But you are right, that attitude likley played a part in the selection. As I said before, I believe we selected the right company, but the wrong aircraft.

Tx CP, yeah, autocorrect tried to correct Alenia’s dumb-ass move…

 

[Zoomie]

Fundamentally the problem is that people think the FWSAR replacement was supposed to replace the Buff. It wasn't. There was only one region of the country that used the Buff. The rest of the country used the Herc. And the Kingfisher is terrible compared to the Herc across multiple dimensions from payload-range at cruise to cabin height and space to separation aerodynamics for the human payloads they have to deliver.

To be accurate - the Buffalo was providing SAR across all of Canada long before we used the Herc. The Buff school was in Trenton. Summerside had Buffs.

The Herc is a great dump truck. It’s not a great SAR machine.

Cabin height is a misnomer as the -295 enjoys the same cabin height as the -149. Somehow the Corm still is effective for STs.

My comments remain - anyone truly involved in the actual flying of the plane and conducting the OT&E have expressed positive thoughts about the future of FWSAR.