Originally Posted by Spunk
As I don’t have any experience on As350, are all of them equipped with a “plastic tank”?
All but those military/paramilitary AS550s optioned with the self-sealing tank (glass/kevlar/resin laminated structure + carbon stiffeners).
The
H130 (EC130 T2) is fitted as standard with a new flexible bladder crashworthy tank, and Airbus has been working to adapt this for the
H125 (AS350 B3e) as well.
Robertson Fuel Systems and StandardAero have also certified a retrofittable
crashworthy bladder tank for the AS350, which was certified
last December. Air Methods is a launch customer for that tank.
I/C