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Old 19th Jul 2018, 03:20
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Gulli....you must be a Yankee.....as we Southerners tend to move a bit slower than them folks from up North.

There's a only a very few things in a Helicopter that must be done "Immediately" and "promptly".

I submit there was more to this Engine problem than a mere loss of oil pressure indication.

Engine Turbines usually fly apart from Turbine Wheels shattering while bearings heat up and cause a racket long before they seize from lack of lubrication and give off some aroma of very hot oil

My only engine failures were in a Chinook and a Hughes 500D and none involved a shattering of Turbine Wheels.

I did see evidence of some small pieces of Turbine Blade being spit out the front of a Lycoming T-55 after some FOD and the Hughes engine seized due to a Bearing Failure..
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