Needs 4 engines why?...can't it operate under ETOPS with two engines? It'll be expensive to service and fly I expect. If I were a nation interested in the best, I'd have my cash ready for P-8's.
There is a good reason - this is a machine for warfare, not for counting profits. In which plane would you rather be in a hostile shooting war over the Pacific ocean - one with two engines or one with four engines? Wisdom is profitable to the wise.
イギリスの世界最大の軍用機航空ショーRIATに参加した自衛隊の最新鋭対潜哨戒機P-1の展示飛行の様子です。
終わり近く、何と！フランスのミラージュ戦闘機2機とのランデブータキシングが有ります。まるで護衛機の様。
珍しいどころかこんなの初めて！の映像ですな。
補足
タキシングとは飛行機が滑走路を自力走行する事を言います。
川崎さん、よく頑張りましたね。おめでとう！
Great!
美しい。
ニッポンの飛行機は美しい。
P-1 これで宙返り出来たらビックリするのだけどなあ。素人なんで言いたいこと言ってます。
Needs 4 engines why?...can't it operate under ETOPS with two engines? It'll be expensive to service and fly I expect. If I were a nation interested in the best, I'd have my cash ready for P-8's.
It can opperate with 2 engines just fine. But they wanted 4 engines for higher survivability since it will be operating low in open oceans
There is a good reason - this is a machine for warfare, not for counting profits. In which plane would you rather be in a hostile shooting war over the Pacific ocean - one with two engines or one with four engines? Wisdom is profitable to the wise.