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Old 10th Jan 2024, 04:21
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megan
 
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there are no blade retention loads in the grip only pitch change and pitch bearing axis
Mate found that out in a 205 that ended with a ditching (fixed floats) because of vibration. Blade grip had cracked circumferentialy the full 360° so the only retention was the tension/torsion strap. On shutdown the blade drooped to the extent that it was punctured by the roof mounted VHF antenna. Grip had been supplied as new where as it had somehow snuck back into the distributor supply chain when it should have been scrapped after running out of hours.
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