salt spray
Huey racer,
It doesn't make it any better but actually the report mentions various areas where salt spray was not expected but occured due to open door operations (cockpit and areas under floor boards)
It also mentions that water was not properly drained from areas that are exposed when the tail is folded.
And it mentions that there is a limited time frame to rinse down as the aircraft is to be tied down when in high sea state. It could be that my fellow country navy men are slow or have no sea legs but i prefer to agree with your opinion about this piece of s*#*.
on the otherhand:
All helicopter models are like kids.
It takes 15 years to get rid of the child diseases....
What i have read on the internet there was a time that the Seaking lost its blades faster than Arjen Robben his hair...
SLB