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Forum: Rotorheads

6th Apr 2023, 18:06

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NH-90 problems

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Posted By noooby

I'm sorry, why 30 years early? Isn't expected...

I'm sorry, why 30 years early? Isn't expected retirement, at least in the article you reference, set at 2037? That is 14 years away. That would be 197,400 hours.

I remember he Seasprite fiasco in...

Forum: Rotorheads

19th Dec 2019, 21:06

Replies: 344

NH-90 problems

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Posted By noooby

Even in my days on Hueys, you ALWAYS had grunts...

Even in my days on Hueys, you ALWAYS had grunts put the pointy end down. I'd rather a bullet go through the fuel tank than the rotor system. And from the Huey days.... If you didn't have load...

Forum: Rotorheads

18th Dec 2019, 16:46

Replies: 344

NH-90 problems

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Posted By noooby

And yet the RNZAF NH-90's just seem to keep on...

And yet the RNZAF NH-90's just seem to keep on trucking. Even into an active volcano this week to drop in a team to recover bodies.

Makes you wonder what the RNZAF is doing different. Perhaps they...

Forum: Rotorheads

8th Mar 2018, 16:50

Replies: 344

NH-90 problems

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Posted By noooby

I don't think they're accurate with their costing...

I don't think they're accurate with their costing at all. Are they taking the whole package (spares/training/machines) and dividing that up by how many hours they've flown?

Might even be counting...

Forum: Rotorheads

24th Apr 2017, 22:14

Replies: 344

NH-90 problems

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Posted By noooby

I wouldn't blame the machine for the Aussie...

I wouldn't blame the machine for the Aussie MRH-90 availability, I'd blame Australia.

Look at the Seasprite. An absolute disaster in Australia (did it EVER go into service?) and a star in NZ with...

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