EC145 front doors off
I need some specific info on the Front Doors Off limitation.
Looking at the ec145 flight manual supplement F M S 9.1–2, it would seem that one is limited to 30kts with either or both the front (crew) doors removed.
We are looking at using the ec145 for vertical reference sling work (100-200') precision stuff. We previously used the BK117B2/C1, and it works very nicely with the front door removed. Does anybody know of any operators using the ec145 for VR yet?
As flying around doing drill moves at 30 kts is not really an option. According to this thread, there is some sort of device that locks the door into place, about 100mm wide gap between the door and floor. Perhaps someone/an operator has some experience with this.
Any info would be greatly appreciated,
Red Ant