New aircraft

[baldy1926]

Its taken a while the RAF has taken delivery of maritime surveillance aircraft
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-...

[Eric Mc]

I spoke to RAF crew who were flying P8s in America back in 2014.

[surveyor]

Those engines are very forward. Wonder if it has MCAS.

[FourWheelDrift]

surveyor said:

Those engines are very forward. Wonder if it has MCAS.

Based on the 737NG so no engine/MCAS issues, just the pickle fork cracks.

[Eric Mc]

The P8 airframe has been toughened up so it can cope with its maritime role.

[aeropilot]

FourWheelDrift said:

surveyor said:

Those engines are very forward. Wonder if it has MCAS.

Based on the 737NG so no engine/MCAS issues, just the pickle fork cracks.

[Trevatanus]

Zp801 is airborne on her way home. First airframe delivery to Kinloss.

[Ayahuasca]

Performance relative to Nimrod?

[ianrb]

Ayahuasca said:

Performance relative to Nimrod?

Lacks MAD?

[Eric Mc]

I'm sure it has some version of it. It may not need an old style "MAD" stinger.

[aeropilot]

Eric Mc said:

I'm sure it has some version of it. It may not need an old style "MAD" stinger.

Nope.

The US Naval Air Systems Command deleted the MAD requirement from the P-8 design as a weight saving measure to increase its endurance.

[Eric Mc]

Is that because modern submarines are plastic?

[marksx]

What is MAD?

I only know it in the nuclear deterrent sense.

[Trevatanus]

ianrb said:

Ayahuasca said:

Performance relative to Nimrod?

Lacks MAD?

and MCAS ... luckily

[Dont like rolls]

Trevatanus said:

ianrb said:

Ayahuasca said:

Performance relative to Nimrod?

Lacks MAD?

and MCAS ... luckily

Being American it will have BigMACS

[RizzoTheRat]

marksx said:

What is MAD?

I only know it in the nuclear deterrent sense.

Magnetic Anomaly Detector. Basically a metal detector that the Nimrod's used to have as a boom sticking out the back.

[Eric Mc]

marksx said:

What is MAD?

I only know it in the nuclear deterrent sense.

Magnetic Anomaly Detector. Metal objects create a disturbance in the earth's magnetic field which gives away their presence. This is specially useful when trying to locate a submarine that's under water and otherwise invisible. Oceanic patrol aircraft have carried some sort of MAD or other for many years - usually in the form of a boom at the rear of the aircraft -

[Yertis]

Eric Mc said:

What is that hideous-looking thing? Is there a DC-3 in there trying to get out?

[FourWheelDrift]

Yertis said:

What is that hideous-looking thing? Is there a DC-3 in there trying to get out?

Based on their bomber, the B-18 Bolo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_B-18_Bolo which in turn was based on the DC-2.

[Eric Mc]

I think the B-18 was Douglas' response to the bomber requirement that produced the Boeing B-17.