Talk:JRM Mars

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I noticed that the specifications for the JRM-3 Mars were taken off the page in an edit. I personally feel that they are valuable, and belong on the page because they are the specs for the mars that are currently flying, complete with water capacity for its waterbombing role instead of its obsolete Navy role. I can see that having two sets of specs on the page might be confusing, but I don't want to lose the Navy model specs either, especially as they are more complete. So, unless others have a problem with it, I'm going to revert and put the JRM-3 specs back on the page. Thoughts? Comments? -Lommer 18:25, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

By convention, the specifications section of aircraft articles details one specific variant that can be regarded as typical. Usually this will be the most numerous or famous version, and I think there's a good case for it also to represent the aircraft as it was manufactured, rather than reflect a standard it was modified to many years later. In any case, nothing was lost - the water capacity and the new engines are still detailed in the article. Another alternative you might want to consider is expanding the section on the water bomber variant into its own article - we're starting to see a small number of such cases across WikiProject Aircraft. --Rlandmann 22:21, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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The general characteristics listed on this page are different than those in the article. Most different is the height and the engines used. Where did the original data come from, and which data should we use in the article? -Lommer 20:41, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

the original info I used was from the Vectorsite article, and it was as I recall for the JRM-2 model. At least three different engines were fitted, as well. -eric 03:33, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)