Originally Posted by
gipsymagpie
Does anyone have access to the complete Flight Manual for the H160? The limited publicly available I have found (eg TCDS and a partial Flight Manual update) shows that MAUM is 6100 kg but MAUM for a Cat A helipad at SL in standard ISA is only 5500 kg (still air) with a minimum mass of 4500 kg. Surely that makes it a rather compromised machine? And I like the maximum personnel load is 14 (including the crew). Where do they all go? 14 people at 80 kg each is 1120 kg - not much scope for fuel even if you are not doing Cat A. It would great to have the whole picture.
Helipad is 5748kg in the conditions you speak of and the EEW is well below 4500kg for the utility configuration nearer to 3500kg.