I know this thread has concentrated on the two most recent accidents but can any 76 drivers please comment on what the 76 RFM requires us to do ie we can conceivably have all three MGB caution lights illuminated + gauge presssure zero + gauge temperature high and it is a LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ! When we get Grinding , Abnormal Vibration or Torque increase then we go to a Land Immediately or Ditch. I've always thought that by then , even if we are at zot feet and reduced speed , we are stretching our luck.....comments ?
Answer to a previous query. The only machine I am familiar with that had , inside the gearbox) , a waisted section on the main mast was the AS350. Supposedly the gear box could fail/seize and the mast would shear below the main upper gear box bearing thus allowing an autorotation. I wonder how they tested that ???
Peter