Originally Posted by
rotorspin
agree 74, but how common is blade debonding? I know of very few instances even though the safety alert has come out - so do you really need to replace?
Its more that this company cover their backsides at every opportunity. How many people sit in a Nomex suit in a 22 or 44?
In not so many year's between Australia and New Zealand there has been 5 main blade separation's in R22's. The last just outside sydney due to corrosion in the blade root. There was an A/D to take all dash 2 blades of and replace them prorata with dash 4 blades.
If you have a blade separate you generally will not need a nomex suit but one pax did survive a blade separation accident in Australia and a pilot in another in New Zealand while doing AG spaying.
Statistics and research say it does happen and with little warning.