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Tracked wildland fire vehicle with turbine aided nozzle/mist blower
Can be refilled by helicopter
Wildfire Today ^
| 07/15/19
| Bill Gabbert
Posted on 07/17/2019 4:31:32 PM PDT by Norski
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To: Cboldt
"That thing will never fly, wings are too small."
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07/17/2019 8:09:01 PM PDT
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PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
To: Hot Tabasco
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07/18/2019 10:09:16 AM PDT
by
Norski
To: glasseye; Innovative
True; and better to eat the machine alive than one with an operator. It appears a worthy start.
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07/18/2019 10:11:43 AM PDT
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Norski
To: DesertRhino
In fact there are different vehicles based on that idea using different chassis.
Not very useful against wild fire.
To: NorseViking
Branch Davidians could have used it.
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07/20/2019 9:19:48 AM PDT
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Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: Cvengr
It is useless to put down a structural fire because it would eventually destroy the building and everyone inside.
The original point behind a design is to clear minefields before mechanized forces.
Fire extinguisher is a later role and pretty much limited to oil wells or other extraordinarily strong fires which are impossible to put down conventionally.
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