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Hawaii Mars demo at Air Venture, July 27
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What is the overall length of the Mars?
Length is 118 wingspan 200
What amount of water does it carry??
7200 gallons/27000 liters
So, Sam, how does it reload? Surely not a "running" fill up?
I was wondering the same.
They open the scoops on the bottom of fuselage and water goes into tanks as it moves along the water.
A lot bigger than a Canadair CL-415. WoW !
From wikipedia:
"The conversion [of the Mars to a fire tanker] involved the installation of a tank in the cargo bay and retractable pick-up scoops to allow uploading of water while the aircraft was taxiing. The scoops allowed 30 tons of water to be taken on board in 22 seconds."
Wow...
"The conversion [of the Mars to a fire tanker] involved the installation of a tank in the cargo bay and retractable pick-up scoops to allow uploading of water while the aircraft was taxiing. The scoops allowed 30 tons of water to be taken on board in 22 seconds."
Wow...
Wow, that is a lot of water. That is like 1.4 Tons per second!
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