Originally Posted by
Ant T
That’s interesting - I really missed them when moving to the S92 from the S61 and AS332, but was told that the S92 couldn’t have them because of the risk of a detached one ending up in the engine intake (not a problem on S61/AS332 with intake protection).
However, that photo looks very similar to S92 intakes, so maybe what I was told was wrong.
For the S92 I think it was an icing certification issue. Bear in mind it has a full icing clearance (with RIPS), so it was about chunks of ice hitting the TR.