We have recently discovered on two of our squirrells (a B and a B2) tail rotor damage. If you look at the pics you see the pitch link wear and actual metal on metal contact with the other high-lighted marks. We've pushed and pulled on other 350 tail rotor's to try and find how and where, and the closest we've come to getting the metal to contact is about 7mm. Unfortunately, the engineers had already taken everything apart so we couldn't push the respective machines to see. Engineers say it the pilots doing it (as usual) and we say that it has to be an incorrect rigging... If anyone has seen or has any ideas about what has happened here please help. Eurocopter has no idea!!!!!!
PICS:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...222257text.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...a/PB221687.jpg
Do you think this is still serviceable??? The engineers have filed the damage out and we're waiting to find out if they're going back on ???
