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Old 25th Oct 2012, 18:19
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HeliComparator
 
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HC....tell us again how the EC products are so vastly superior to the 92.
Well SAS, for a start how many have been killed in S92 vs 225? Anyway, a heli is only as safe as its weakest part, for 92 it was the gbx oil system (filter) and for 225 it seems currently to be this shaft. S92 had a head start on catastrophe, now it is 225's turn to catch up a bit, but now that the fleet has effectively been grounded this problem will be fixed and without loss of life. Apart from these weak points in each fleet, the 225 remains by far the best from the HMI point of view but since you have flown neither, you wouldn't know.

Everyone else - SAS loves to throw bait at me and if I didn't bite on it, I would be depriving the old chap of his only pleasure in life, so I just have to do it because I am such a nice chap and hate to see a grown man sobbing...
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