kiwic130alm Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 The RNZAF is looking into replacing the current SRA we use. Rescue liferaft and survival stuff dropped to persons in distress at sea. What does the Coast Guard currently use and how does it / is it deployed from the C130?? Is it compatable with the P3 bomb rack? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGRetired Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 We open up and toss it out the back. Our pump can is not aerodynamic enough to hang off a bomb rack... Nothing we have is deployed externally. Senior Sends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 That is correct. Even with the J's its all done manually. We do use the CARP and have the HUD so they can be more accurate. We do our drops at 300ft. There are plenty of videos online of Coast Guard c130 drops. The bags being dropped are life rafts/survial kits. 1000 feet long from bag 1 to 6. Any other info you need I can get for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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