Originally Posted by
FC80
Non-Driver - for the sake of argument, what you're suggesting re. downloading via WiFi/4G every time the aircraft touches down at home base wouldn't offer any improvement on the current frequency of HUMS checking - I believe every operator in the NS now dowloads the data before every flight - including rotors running turnarounds.
By Homebase I meant the HUMS analysis team / equipment (usually at the operator's home base) not that the data only gets sent when the aircraft is at that location. Its sent after every sector ie landing.