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Old 3rd December 2009 | 11:36
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9Aplus
 
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No not at all....
but:

2005. from some CAA Bulletins
Several cases of main rotor blade cracking have been found in service, including one which failed catastrophically. Fatigue cracking has been initiated by chordwise scoring, introduced during manufacture, adjacent to spar mass balance weights.
ROTOR&RESCUE 2006/2007
– The rotor blades, made of composite materials,have what Agusta
describes as a “vibration reducing mass distribution along the M/R blade span”.
This new design allowed removing the little spoilers typical for AgustaWestland’s
rotorblades, and drawing a new aerodynamic profile of the blade roots that significantly reduces the rotor’s drag.
for me strong indication that metal parts are there...
(Because of well known reasons must use data from public sources only......)
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