To: Helieng
I pulled this from a UK helo forum.
Posted by Phil (195.7.227.146) on January 14, 2001 at 04:49:42:
9 hours total, 3 hours since delivery and hydraulics failure.
I try to believe the sales pitch about reliability and am mindful of isolated mechanical failures, however there seems to be an awful lot of them reported.
Please let me know if yours has failed? Has it happened since the first time?
For those uninitiated, try flying (with an instructor who you trust with your life) with hydraulics turned off – you’ll only do it once.
A days flying lost and a nagging thought that it might happen again. Frank and me need to talk.
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The Cat