Not as good as we are led to believe?
Oh dear ShyTorque, you have done it again...more disappointment!
Whilst I understand that there are very few twin engine helicopters that are capable of an OEI flyaway from the hover I was led to believe by my friendly Eurocopter Salesman that the Super Puma Mk II was perhaps one of them.
With only 3 crew and a ‘reasonable’ amount of fuel, an OAT of less than ISA+5, and only a few hundred feet altitude, I queried whether the aircraft could have flown away. Maybe a Super Puma expert who sleeps with a RFM under his pillow could advise on that point.
If I am supposed to think that I should ditch a multi-engine helicopter just because an engine has malfunctioned then we are using Royal Navy thinking and perhaps we should consider going back to single engine helicopters.