Originally Posted by Blackhawk9
With an exhaust duct about 2 meters long won't that be a maintenance nightmare with time, cracked ducts, loose mounts ,heat damage, access to T/R drive, access to inside of eng , no thanks! I'll stay with 412's, S76's and AS332's they all have there faults , but I like them!! (however I would give my left n_t to work on S92's!!)
And there is a lot of work required on the S-92. I heard it took weeks to get a customer to reaccept one ship after it was torn apart to remove (or was it replace) the vibration absorbers which have a nasty habit of failing.
The 139 is not limited by that minor problem.
The Sultan.