Thermalseeker Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Here's an interesting couple of paragraphs in a Brazilian business publication on plans to use the 'SO' surveilance version of the Ximango to combat cattle rustling in the state of Rio Grande del Sul, Brazil. My understanding is the Brazilian wildlife services have used Ximangos for many years for coastal patrols and to combat poaching. The Ximango 'SO' is Type Certified in Brazil, but not yet in the USA. The 'SO' has been fitted with both hyperspectral sensors for use in the mining and oil exploration business, as well as a retractable FLIR for airborne surveillance missions.Here's the link: http://jcrs.uol.com.br/site/noticia....=og.recommendsHere's the translation according to Google Translate:Planes to combat cattle rustling in Rio Grande do Sul AEROMOT / DISCLOSURE / JC Ximango, the state's manufacturing, is an option to patrol the field Completed the 37th Expointer several certainties were established. One is that the state will have to make serious and organized combat cattle rustling (cattle rustling), causing losses to producers, the public revenue and consumers, without provenance supplied with meat, from animals slaughtered without any supervision. One of the proposals is to provide the best Military Brigade air patrols with Ximango aircraft, manufacturing gaucho, whose performance has been proven as a better and cheaper than other equipment such as helicopters and biplanes. The choice Ximango also strengthen the performance of a traditional aerospace industry of Rio Grande do Sul. cattle rustling II The industrial Claudio Viana Barreto, chairman of Aeromot explains that the use of Ximango is much smaller than other aircraft cost. Calculation Grouping of Military Air Police, Military Brigade, shows that, considering the cost of Ximango with index 100, the single-engine plane is a 220, and a twin, 502 helicopters are also operationally more expensive: one Schwizer has cost index 307, an MD-500, 593, and Squirrel, 1190 and air patrolling missions that can be performed with Ximango observation should be made with this type of aircraft, reserving the rest for missions that only they can make. BM even has a project with three bases in Uruguayana, Bage and Santa Vitória do Palmar. The losses of cattle rustling reach R $ 300 million annually, 20 times more than the price payable in two years, by a fleet of 10 aircraft Ximango more mobile ground station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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