Turkey, I don't know what goes on there.
But, having worked on one or two EMS equiped 412's both in oz and overseas and been involved in more blade strikes on 212's/412's than i'd like to (about 6) only 2 of these machines were within damage limits to keep flying all the others reqd major component changes due to the limits in the Maintenance Manual, so in that respect I find it hard to reason that the aircraft is in the major component maintenance class and not in the fly away class, given the description in the press and the fact they changed a blade in the field ,
the Nitesun install on the nose has caught out at least 2 operators I know of who were blissfully flying along at over 100Kts with that installation, the nose attachment point is the old 212 point and a 212 is lucky to do 100kts with a Nitesun on, the 412-FMS-12 Nitesun has no limitations for the performance of the a/c with the nite sun on BUT that is with the nitesun in the aft position (fwd of fwd cross tube)approx station +50, the fwd position is approx station -15, most operators operate a flir on the fwd positiom which has a climb limit on the a/c when fitted and the Nite sun on the rear position which does not have any restrictions on it.
Why did I bring this up , I have an enquiring mind and I like to see a/c operated correctly, by ALL operators, if all is above board no harm no fowl, if not....
Last edited by Blackhawk9; 28th December 2008 at 08:36.