"Heavy artillery" fire-fighting Bashny.Net

Amphibious aircraft Be-200 are a great help in extinguishing forest fires raging in central Russia.
Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plans to buy eight amphibious aircraft Be-200 in the next 2 to 5 years, said Minister of Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu. "We have decided to allocate funds for the purchase of eight aircraft Be-200, an order will be placed in the nearest future", - said Shoigu. According to him, the price of a plane - about 1 billion rubles.

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Spillway unit (APU 5, 15 APU) designed for transportation on external sling Mi 8 MTV and Mi 26, and drain the water on the fire.
In fighting forest fires shrouded Russia, are active Russian helicopters MI-8 and MI-26 with water drainer.
With regard to the APU device 5, its shell is a 2-layer, non-rigid in the vertical direction of the container. The rigidity of the shell around the top opening gives a special element of annular shape. The shell at the bottom of a metal ring with a second smaller diameter, determine the appropriate flow rate of water drained.
The outer shell consisting of caproic base karkasirovannoy circumferential and radial bands, performs "power" function. The second (inner) shell-liner made of rubberized nylon fabric, it is necessary to seal.
The APU spout 5 is constructed such that when submerged membranes it automatically opens and allows water to fill the bottom shell. APU filled with water when it is lowered into the natural (artificial) reservoirs depth of 13 m.



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