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Old 14 August 2005, 21:14   #1
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Old 14 August 2005, 22:30   #2
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Old 15 August 2005, 07:25   #3
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I nthe last photo is the rib burst or are they pumping it up ?
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Its hard to tell but it looks inflated to me in the pictures as its dropped - i reckon it burst..

if so it kind of looks stupid rather than impressive
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after looking some more - it looks like those 2 sections were in line with the straps of the harness from the chute - i definately reckon the opening shock of the chutes opening popped the tubes as the straps slammed tight
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Either that or it's dropped from the plane with low tube pressure to stop the tubes bursting at altitude.
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Old 15 August 2005, 13:11   #7
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Either that or it's dropped from the plane with low tube pressure to stop the tubes bursting at altitude.
you could be right
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Either that or it's dropped from the plane with low tube pressure to stop the tubes bursting at altitude.
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There will be a post on here in a couple of years time about stress cracks on large black boats......
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The boat was not damaged.
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Old 15 August 2005, 15:24   #11
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The boat was not damaged.
So they are just putting air in the tubes!
Of course you could not do this with a hard boat
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Old 15 August 2005, 15:28   #12
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Of course you could not do this with a hard boat
Oh no here we go again - expect world war 3 to break out in this thread as well now...
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Were they in it on the way down?
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Old 15 August 2005, 16:03   #14
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Oh no here we go again - expect world war 3 to break out in this thread as well now...
Was it something I said
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Old 15 August 2005, 19:47   #15
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Was it something I said
no - just the mere mention of a rib being superior to hard boat and we will have another 100 post thread war...

not that its not fun to read...
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Pete Kidd over in Malaysia is doing a hard boat for the US and other military for coming out of a plane and I think it's a quite a bit bigger than the RIB - must remember to get some more details from him next time he's over ............
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When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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John,

Cool pictures. Is that the 11 meter Naval warfare RHIB with a diesel inboard? Had no idea that they would get airdropped. It looks like and FC 470 in the foreground, is that correct. Do you spend a fair amount of time in these craft?
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Yes, that’s the 11-meter RHIB. There is only a C-130 and some RHIBs in the photos, no FC 470. I haven’t gone to SEAL training yet, so I haven’t been in them. I am really looking forward to it though!
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This is the one I was wondering about, whether it was a FC470 CCRC or an 11m RHIB. BTW, good luck with the seal training. Whereabouts in Minnesota are you?
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It probably is. Good eye!

I'm in Rochester Minnesota.
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