EC225 crash near Bergen, Norway April 2016

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50

Please forgive my not being familiar with 225 slang/jargon, but what's the barbecue plate?


Transmission picture

Install Bevel Gear Video

Rotor/transmission/struts figure


In these various pictures and the video of putting the bevel gear into the transmission, where do I find the barbecue plate? (Please don't tell me "in the lunch room, of course!" )

It's not in the pictures (didn't look at the video) but anyway it is a slotted plate that attaches the bottom of the gearbox to the transmission deck. Called the BBQ plate because of its slots. The slots are designed to give the plat some flexibility to allow the bottom of the gearbox to sway a little whilst constraining it in rotation (ie taking the torque).