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New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:34 am
by scoreed
Page 16 of Todays West
WAPOL want a new chopper to work with the old Polair 61:
Range - 1852km
Max Speed - 241km/h
Passengers - 10 (6 TRG Officers and a marksman)
Features - Electro-optic Infrared Camera; ability to tap into Blue Iris System
Max Cost - $24 million
Possible a Bell 412
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:59 am
by yorky
Gosh what is this now, the 3rd? 4th time that a new chopper has been "announced"? At this rate the current one will need to fall out of the sky before a new one arrives
Although if they are finally getting there act together, top stuff
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:05 pm
by Nafenn
scoreed wrote:Page 16 of Todays West
WAPOL want a new chopper to work with the old Polair 61:
Range - 1852km
Max Speed - 241km/h
Passengers - 10 (6 TRG Officers and a marksman)
Features - Electro-optic Infrared Camera; ability to tap into Blue Iris System
Max Cost - $24 million
Possible a Bell 412
I can tell you: if those are the specs... its not a Bell 412
Bell 412 cant break 226 Km/Hr - and will be dry before hitting 700 Km
Compared to their Current Chopper: 278Km/Hr limit, and 685 Km range
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:39 pm
by nra555
Marksman.... i cant imagine wapol sniping someone from a chopper.
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:50 pm
by Tyranus
Just because you can't imagine it happening doesn't mean they shouldn't plan for it, bearing in mind that's what they need to do when purchasing expensive equipment such as a chopper. While it's unlikely to happen there may occur a hostage situation where an airborne sniper is handy to provide assurance even if he doesn't fire off a single round.
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:58 am
by robbage
If only there was somewhere in Perth where they could safely practise sniping from a chopper.
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:32 pm
by VK6ZMS
scoreed wrote:
Passengers - 10 (6 TRG Officers and a marksman)
Do the TRG's guys need lap banding too ?
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:11 pm
by robbage
VK6ZMS wrote:scoreed wrote:
Passengers - 10 (6 TRG Officers and a marksman)
Do the TRG's guys need lap banding too ?
Either that or they need a calculator.
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:52 pm
by VK6LD
robbage wrote:VK6ZMS wrote:scoreed wrote:
Passengers - 10 (6 TRG Officers and a marksman)
Do the TRG's guys need lap banding too ?
Either that or they need a calculator.
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:31 am
by SJANT
Airborne sniper practice. Perhaps they could practice it at an ADF (Australian Defence Force - Army, Navy, Air Force) range/training area somewhere. There should be a few near Perth.
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:11 am
by written_ficton
SJANT wrote:Airborne sniper practice. Perhaps they could practice it at an ADF (Australian Defence Force - Army, Navy, Air Force) range/training area somewhere. There should be a few near Perth.
don't they already!!!
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:58 am
by SJANT
I'd assume they work very closely with ADF special forces. But that's just an assumption/opinion. Was just commenting on robbage's post about if only they had somewhere to practice.
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:55 pm
by robbage
SJANT wrote:I'd assume they work very closely with ADF special forces. But that's just an assumption/opinion. Was just commenting on robbage's post about if only they had somewhere to practice.
I was using the old internet même "if only there was xxxx so you could yyyy"
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:37 pm
by nachoman
The new helicopter has recently arrived at Jandakot
Re: New WAPOL Chopper
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:48 pm
by yorky
Is it the new one or the temp one for sneezeimeanCHOGM?