Originally Posted by
blackdog7
Certainly not installed on earlier model EC130's. Machines produced from 1999 to 2012 have the good ol poly fuel tank that was installed on the 350 series since the 80's. They tend to rupture easily with a hard landing.
Most of the tour 130's in Vegas have been retrofitted or are newer models with CWFS.
Papillion retrofitted all their AS350's and EC130's as a direct result of the last fatal crash they had in Feb 2018 involving a EC130B4. This work was completed in August 2019.
The AS350/EC130, is not being delivered anymore without the CRFS installed.
As the comment to hard landing and rupture, I think very few accidents with the tank being ruptured would be passed off as a hard landing....
Albatross,
The ''throttle'' is on the collective in the EC130, and is simply a twist grip to select IDLE or FLIGHT