r/todayilearned • u/real_picklejuice • 5h ago

TIL that the water inlet on a Bombardier CL-415 Super Scooper firefighting airplane is only about the size of your hand

https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2013/a13a0075/a13a0075.html
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u/Past_Reference_6570 4h ago

What am I supposed to do with that?

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u/Flexen 4h ago

What is this? A firefighting airplane for ants?

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u/CryoJuice 3h ago

Call her

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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 5h ago

Fist or slap ?

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u/HighRiskLowReward 2h ago

How can it slap?

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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 2h ago

Fist=close hand. Slap=open hand. Unless you want me to slap you?

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u/Sh00ter80 3h ago

It starts fist size, but can stretch to a slap.

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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 3h ago

That’s how I like to fist some one. Fist, open hand then I twist

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u/Boring_and_sons 4h ago

Interesting proposition technique.

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u/artofchoke 2h ago

You don’t really need anything bigger than that. It still fills the tank in 11 seconds. I believe it is 5 inch by 5 inch.

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u/euph_22 22m ago

Get you get lot of volume fast at 70 knots.

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u/HHS2019 3h ago

Bro, my right hand is like above average, so that doesn't surprise me. My left -- no comment.