CH-47F выиграл индийский тендер у Ми-26Т2

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политоту только и можете обсуждать, а вот у меня есть интересный документ http://www.cag.gov.in/html/reports/d...N-PA/chap1.pdf

кто тут думает что 15 Ми-26 очень нужны армии Индии? они 4 машины занять не могли:

The helicopters also remained underutilized. Against a projected utilization rate of 50 hours per month per helicopter, the average utilization hovered around 11 to 22 hours per month.

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Ai...Mil-Mi-26.html

смотрим график


даже эти часы на 42 процента использовались для обучения экипажей, а не выполнения задач:

Out of the total hours flown by the heavy lift unit during 200308,
only 58 percent of the hours were utilized for the assigned role while the remaining hours were used to train pilots.

далее про исправность и сервис:

In addition, one of the helicopters was continuouslyon ground for over 33 months from July 2004 to April 2007 and another for a period of 20 months from March 2004 to October 2005 during 200308.
Part II: Audit findings Operation and Maintenance of Mi series Helicopters 14 Under utilisation is also evident from the maintenance schedule as the four Heavy Lift helicopters had completed only 66 per cent of their prescribed TBO of 900 flying hours when the airframes had to be sent abroad for overhaul at a cost of USD 15.64 million (Rs 70 crore) since they had completed a calendar life of eight years from the last overhaul.

график исправности, показатель для ми-26 не приближается к заданному: