Originally Posted by
nowherespecial
How long realistically do we think the fix will take for the 225? ie until the ac can be flown again commercially within EASA?
First they have to properly understand why the gears didn't nearly last as long as they predicted. That is a prerequisite for any potential fix. My understanding ist they haven't really understood the mechanism behind.
Depending on the exact cause it might be in the best case just a re-design of the epicyclic gears or -more realistically- a bigger re-design of multiple components in the MGB. Worst case would be a complete re-design of the MGB although I doubt this will be necessary.
Most likely is the second case. This would probably take somewhere between 6 and 12 Months. But these 6- 12 Months would only start once they found the cause.
It was their big mistake to stop digging at some point after G-REDL.