Originally Posted by
platinumpure
Fuel planning for EMS and SAR would be closer to 1000 lbs/hr - I agree
Common problems
Air conditioning. - Yes
Hyd servo CAS messages due to moisture and faulty switches. - Yes
Fuel probe CAS messages (mostly due to cannon plugs). - No
Fire warnings due to exhausts cracking and in some cases collapsing. - Not the warning but yes on the cracks
AHRS failing. -No
GPS antenna failures (not a whole lot of fun when 150 miles offshore as the FMS D/R mode isn’t so hot) -No
Not so common problems –
Gear dropping magically by itself.- No
Engine starting to spool up when hyd electrical pump turned on ??? -No
Parking brake sticking. -No
And more recently an un-commanded shutdown of an engine followed by a EEC failure. - Hell No!