Not invented here?
In general I wouldn’t deny that what you say isn’t so, but Bell Helicopter also say in the same notice that “Bell has no knowledge regarding the designing and testing of these strakes…”.
So is it a case of establishing a legal defense just in case? Or is it a case of “Not invented here”?
As to whether strakes are a con-job or not, as you indicate you feel they are, I am sure that you know that Eurocopter tried them on the B2 model of the AS 350, and that there are Governments that have had them fitted to their Bell 205 fleets. Didn’t I once hear that New Zealand was a risk sharing partner, or similar, in this venture?
But does it affect ‘airworthiness’?
Sayit…