However that was ignored, but did not negate the scrambled rush to cool avionics that were not rated for hot places. Caused quite a stir in high places that one did.
Not totally correct, the avionics presented no problems, however the US military having a "we do not have air conditioning in our military helicopters" stance had airbus remove it for the Lakota, the air conditioning was not just there for the crew, but for avionics cooling as well, hence they had problems early on until the system was restored.
However a 300 plus helicopter programme with every one delivered on time or early and on budget from a purpose built facility employing a large percentage of veterans is something to be proud of.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...-n-high-04247/
Nov 10/07: The LUH program encounters its first spot of trouble. The Associated Press reports that during flight tests in Southern California in 80-degree weather, cockpit temperatures in the UH-72A Lakota soared above 104 degrees, the designated critical point for communication, navigation and flight control systems. In response, the Army will be installing air conditioning in many UH-72s, something that’s common on the EC145 civilian helicopters it’s derived from, but rare on military machines.
http://tacticalmashup.com/uh-72-lako...efense-market/
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