Helicopters are very limited on weight and range. They cost thousands (maybe tens of thousands if they’re military) per hour to operate. A carrier has thousands of sailors on it.
You just couldn’t carry enough stuff to them in a reasonable amount of time.
There’s about 400 beans in a one-pound can, and a blackhawk has an internal cargo limit of 2600lbs. It could alternatively carry a 9,000lb load via sling.
That’s either 1,040,000 or 3.6M beans
Of course, some of that is going to be in packaging, and the average dried bean is about half the size of a ready-to-eat bean. I’m guessing you could make it between 4-10 million beans depending on how you want to optimize
Hello mate it’s an aircraft carrier, they could use planes.
The place is also surrounded by ships, that’s kinda the whole point.
I suspect the reason is due to logistical regulations and internal control. You can’t just order things, it has to percolate through a massive bureaucracy.
Helicopters are very limited on weight and range. They cost thousands (maybe tens of thousands if they’re military) per hour to operate. A carrier has thousands of sailors on it.
You just couldn’t carry enough stuff to them in a reasonable amount of time.
How many beans do you think they could fit in one of those bad boys?
We may never find out. The cost-to-bean ratio is far too high.
There’s about 400 beans in a one-pound can, and a blackhawk has an internal cargo limit of 2600lbs. It could alternatively carry a 9,000lb load via sling.
That’s either 1,040,000 or 3.6M beans
Of course, some of that is going to be in packaging, and the average dried bean is about half the size of a ready-to-eat bean. I’m guessing you could make it between 4-10 million beans depending on how you want to optimize
…is there a ‘They did the Math’ around these parts?
Hello mate it’s an aircraft carrier, they could use planes.
The place is also surrounded by ships, that’s kinda the whole point.
I suspect the reason is due to logistical regulations and internal control. You can’t just order things, it has to percolate through a massive bureaucracy.