The Black Hawk refers to run dry for 30 minutes at cruise power (in the RFM), the S-92 transmission is bigger and better, and will be fitted as-is onto the Hawks as future upgrades but has no run dry, the S-92’s FBY military variant CH-148 for Canada under a 2004 contract that called for run dry (according to the Globe & Mail) had first flight last year, but SAC are now saying the MGB for the CH-148 is still in the design stage?
Will someone with big boots now tell SAC to put ELS systems in place and not allow them to invoke any clause that excludes them from testing to confirm MGB run dry redundancy ?
If the S-92/Blackhawk MGB is a bolt-on transplant it would happen sooner rather than later ?
Would be real nice to see the 20 year old “30 minute” figure improved on as well ?