RotorSwede and haraldnyborg
EC155 MTOM Clear Area 4920kg
Typical DOM 3350kg -
Disp. Load 1570kg
3 hours fuel +/- 930kg -
Av. payload 640kg
So that's 360 kg less then in a 139 when carrying 3 hours of fuel, which sounds about right.
So no, DC can't offer more payload in a 155 then in a 139, unless you use half destination minima as alternate minima (200'/900m for precision approach, so they can choose alternates closer by), don't have optional crash worthy fuel tanks and only carry 75 kilos of final reserve fuel on a standard offshore IFR flight, which they apparently do.
Hallo? CAA?
Last edited by SNI; 29th Jun 2012 at 07:46.