Sultan:
>>>if you have a HUMS why does the S-92 have a supplementary bearing monitor? Is it due to the software criticality level or some other FAA mandated reason?
NL: Not really, as the HUMS has level B too. The BMU came first, then the HUMS and then the MDC, sort of crept up on us.
>>>What MDC are you using?
NL: We are using a Collins DCU and writing the code ourselves.
>>>In the old days when Bell and Sikorsky had a common interest like when we developed the RADS together (at the worker level, we did not tell our respective management) we were able to share useful insight on what needed to be done to achieve our end goals. Too bad we can not do that today in the area of diagnostic systems.
NL: Boy, you are right! It would go easier if we developed a common set of boxes, shared code and just got on with it.
Give me a call and we can try!
