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"Any body know how putting the aircraft into “training mode” protects the engines during training???"
The training mode of the EC 135, permits the pilot training one engine inoperative situations, having both running normally.
So as train. mode is turned on, we can switch one engine off, the software installed shows in the FLI page of the Central Panel Display System, an OEI situation, and allows the crew to experience how the aircraft power changes with one engine on, but the trick is , that this only affects the indication.So both engines keep functioning normally, and deliver exactly the power you can read on the FLI page, while it appears you just have one engine on , actually both are sharing the efford.
Example: entering the 2min. band in OEI situation, and pulling 120% torque (training mode on), each engine delivers 60%, so training is posible without exceeding engine limits.