To: Mean Daddy
"... it has a capacity of 12 tonnes (12,000 liters, 3,170 US gallons) of water ... Four retractable water scoops, two forward and two aft of the fuselage step can be used to scoop a total of 12 tonnes of water in 14 seconds. The aircraft can empty its water tanks over the site of a fire in 0.8 to 1.0 seconds when flying above the minimum drop speed of 220 km/h (135 mph, 120 kn)"
10 posted on
12/09/2017 11:59:32 AM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: PIF
Talk about dropping a lot of cold water on a thread...
LOL
16 posted on
12/09/2017 12:13:19 PM PST by
DoughtyOne
(McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
To: PIF
California could use several of these right now!
20 posted on
12/09/2017 12:17:32 PM PST by
painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: PIF
If it was dropping gasoline that could be ignited shortly after drop would sure make a hell of a bang.
1 lb of gas vaporized ewuals about 12 lbs of tnt
23 posted on
12/09/2017 12:23:57 PM PST by
stockpirate
(REPRESSION BREEDS VIOLENCE)
To: PIF
That’s an anti-sniper weapon??
jk
24 posted on
12/09/2017 12:33:43 PM PST by
Enchante
(Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
To: PIF
Dousing the sniper would likely cause him trouble.
28 posted on
12/09/2017 12:40:31 PM PST by
Bogey78O
(So far so good.)
To: PIF
Wish we had one of those for the Thomas fire in Ventura County!
To: PIF
We should buy some of these they would be great just think how fast rioters would go home start fire boom its out and streets washed clean
47 posted on
12/09/2017 3:32:21 PM PST by
mouser
(Run the rats out its the only chance we have)
To: PIF
49 posted on
12/09/2017 3:53:28 PM PST by
cynwoody
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