2 More Cormerlins On The Go

[Captain Canada]

All masked up with no place to go !

[Mike Wren]

you never can have too many Merlins... unfortunately the RAF haven't quite figured this out...

[anthonyp]

H-71's are nice birds!  (Yep, co opted the bird since it got an American designation!  All Merlins are now H-71's    )

I've got a couple in the stash I've been trying to figure out what I want to do with.  The hangover headache inducing yellow is a bit loud for me right now, though ((Thanksgiving + alcoholics-in-denial relatives)/ me trying to keep up = bad Friday morning).

[Captain Canada]

I'm a wee bit hungover this morning myself......but I'm not blaming the beer !

 

[Captain Canada]

The grey one awaiting masking and the application of the orange....

[Captain Canada]

Old Yeller......I skipped the red on this one, as I wanted to look like an RAF SAR example, I;m kinda partial on that scheme. That and the fact that my RCN one will be in the same scheme as the RN birds, so it just seemed right.



Anyway.....

I was thinking of adding a targeting pod ( like the older style spike or whatever they call it, with the bent down head ) and adding a missile, maybe a Sea Eagle or a Harpoon or something like that. Any thoughts ? Or should I just leave it as is ? Keep in mind that my Dolphin, CCG Merlin and Tracker are all armed.....opinions on this greatly appreciated, as I'm stuck on the fence ! Mind you, I might lose my balance and fall off once the beer starts flowing in earnest !

Go Habs !

[kitnut617]

It definitely looks good in those colours Cap,

[Captain Canada]

Of course it looks good....it's CDN ! But what about the armament question ?

 

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Door guns with GPMG (MAG 58/M240), one on each side and if you have a back door, you should have that covered as well.  Then you will need some extra fuel tanks on your pylons for the range and endurance  

[nev]

Armed for intercepting drug smugglers and the like?  Sea Eagle and Harpoon may be overkill for that, maybe Hellfires and a chain gun?  Disable rather than destroy.

[Captain Canada]

Thanks Nevster....you're the second person to mention Hellfire...might go with that ! Then I could add my little pod as well !

 

[Mossie]

My own personal feeling is to keep it the same, but that's only because I don't like seeing aircraft with a civilian role armed!  Saying that, the civilian role is usually only secondary (if the more usual role undertaken) for these aircraft, CSAR is the primary role.  To that length, the door guns that Jeff mentioned would work well.

[Captain Canada]

Boy, you guys are making this tough ! Thanks for the input, Mossie !

 

[Mossie]

Todd, pic you might like on A.net.  You can almost feel the sting & your nose lungs getting clogged!
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0987...QRFP&photo_nr=1

[Captain Canada]

Awesome pic ! And too right.....now my nose is plugged and my eyes are itchy !