Originally Posted by
Never Fretter
Anyone who hasn't applied the SB that is available.
I could go on but buzz66's ill-conceived rant doesn't really deserve the effort.
There it is right there!
You clearly don't understand
I'm not talking about when Eurocopter brought out a better sealed Fire Detector.
It's still a bi-metallic jobby!
Everyone else uses a Closed loop Capillary action Detectors
You know the ones, they look like a long piece of thick lock wire.
If you still don't have a clue, then you need to start working on some other Aircraft Types
The sealed Bi-Mettalic rubbish that even 3rd world manufacturers like Embraer dropped decades ago will still get enough moisture inside and cause a Fire D fault if the sumpy's hose down a Warm Gearbox. Another nice move was to Decrease the fault tolerance from K OHMS on the Anologue 332L L1 to Meg Ohms on the EC225.
Eurocopter are so worried and paranoid about there crappy gearbox they had to put a DUAL 7 detector system around the gearbox......2 SYSTEMS with a total of 14 Fire Detectors JUST around the gearbox.
Even a Cessna 210 uses the Hyd to select gear up and gear down, not and electrical switch
Maybe now Eurocpoter are Airbus the Helciopter devision could start learning a few things from the fixed wing world