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Why don't they use the B747 Super Tanker to drop water?
Why don't they use the B747 Super Tanker to drop over 20,000 Gallons of water at a time on the Reactor, instead of those little helicopters with buckets that take max 2,600 gallons
Fully agree Harsh, but I'm sure that more than 2600 gallons from the 40000 will hit the spot ?
Besides the whole building needs to be cooled as well
The B747 water tanker is a modified plane used to fight fires.
But I concede, a lot of water will miss its mark.
The only reason I asked the question in the first place is simple.
The helicopters only did 4 flights for the whole day, even one trip with a Erickson S-64 chopper
they would have dumped more water in one flight.
Back to my plane and a way to make it work. Stick a big funnel in the roof of reactor, catch more water, plus rain and snow :)
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
one reason is a tanker will simply throw water but in helicopter you can send water to proper location or where it is most required.
- 1 decade ago
Okay sure, let's see you hit a swimming pool sized target, from an aircraft never meant to drop anything, while travelling at 400MPH.
