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Old 15th May 2016, 23:36
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The MGB was/is very reliable, no rotor heads that I know of ever departed. Now the inputs, those are a weak link.
No rotor head, just main rotor blades ... Which all had the same negative result.

I don't believe the 225 will be done. The big oil companies will ultimately dictate the return to the Northsea and I suspect with the down turn there will be no major rush. If we were still in the 100+ a barrel, I bet the push would already be on. Hey, we already seen one self proclaimed advisor stating in the other thread that his company were already talking about how they could rehabilitate the 225. By that I don't believe the oil company is going to redesign the gearbox for Airbus ... Pretty sure they mean, they are going to "rehabilitate" the passengers!
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