Originally Posted by
SASless
Seems a new tech flying Wonder ain't doing so well is it?
Like dozens before. And dozens to come.
What is a bit special (and disconcerting) about this case (leaving aside all childish hysteria just because there is a video existing of the final moments) is that it possibly happened with little to zero warning (from a tech perspective).
If it turns out it was a failure of the epicyclic and if it turns out this can happen without any prior indications/chips it will take a lot of time to make sure (and prove) a redesigned epicyclic will definitely cure this issue. We are surely talking >>1Year, rather >2 years. By then it might indeed be obsolete, being considered an 'old' helicopter. Therefore if it turns out to have been an unpredictable epicyclic failure which led to the separation of the Rotor it would probably be indeed the (obviously frantically hoped for by some for various reasons -it is interesting to see which Country the most vocal are coming from
, I had hoped we were over that) end of the 225.