Airplane Watching and Recognition
- Bombardier (Canadair) CL-415 -
- Water bombing -
If your cursor transforms itself into a pointing hand while on a picture simply click on itWhere are the water scoops and the water bombing doors?...
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| The CL-415 four hydraulic doors taht can open simultaneously or independently.
The doors are located on the fuselage bottom just in front of the main gear. On these three pictures, the front of the the plane is on the left. |
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The two retractables water inlets which scoop up the water are relatively small. But one can imagine the breaking effect they have on the plane when they are out.
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| The picture below (taken looking back at the plane's tail) show the two inlets openings. Thanks to the onboard personnel who let me crawl under the plane to take the exceptionnal shot... | |||||
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| The water can be dropped in a single maneuver or, as shown here in this "colorful" demonstration at the Air Show, by independently opening the four doors. | |||||
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Text : Jean-Pierre Bonin © 2001
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Some pictures on this page are available in enlarged version (~ 250 Kb).
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You remember a few characteristics of the plane but can't remember the name? Click on the drawings to go to the visual identification guide. |
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