Originally Posted by
NutLoose
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.
Sorry, mate, the SH-60B / F had AC from the get go. Vintage early 1980's. Reason? Computers and avionics. Looks like your "US military" is off base.
It was called "Environmental Control System" which is a fancy way of saying "air conditioning" though you could get heat through the ducts as well. The MH-60R has it as well.
From a years old description of the system ... yes, it does indeed have
scuppers, it's a Navy aircraft!
Cabin, cockpit, nose avionics compartment, and transition section temperature is controlled by the Environmental Control System (ECS). The system provides both heating and air conditioning within a range of 2 to 71 °C. Supplementary air circulation is provided in the cockpit by manually controlled air inlets (scuppers).
@Ian
where engineers are overlooked by the management development process; a tendency by CFOs (esp. in publicly traded firms) to adopt the best-case program schedule as the most likely schedule; and the usual proclivity towards firefighting -- i.e. day-to-day milestones being missed, leading to heroic efforts to recover schedule down the road -- in the absence of strong
management.
People not listen to engineers?
Perish the Thought!