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Old 29th Nov 2009, 17:18
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maxwelg2
 
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Or should you comply 100% with your rules and regs and involve them in the crash?
Crab

Perhaps we need to look at a more fundamental issue, and that is should the A/C be flying is such sea states? My opinion is no.

To my knowledge we currently have only SS5 on the S-92 as that's what they show in the helo brefing video. SS6 would give us potentially a better chance of not capsizing, but in reality we would most likely still turn over.

IMO If the A/C can't land with a relatively high personnel survivability ratio either under power and/or in auto-rotation then the certification should be such that the design must have an ELS like the EC225 or the S61 to allow sufficient flight time to reach a dry landing site.

Oh, and it's not my rules and regs, it's the FAAs, perhaps they should fly in the S-92 as their regular (or very irregular as it is these days) mode of commercial transport to work.

Safe Flying

Max
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