It's time to resurrect this blog. It looks like the S92 still has issues that haven't been resolved. Many seem to think that the EC225 should be replaced by the S92, some six years later. Either one might not be such a smart move. They should re-educate themselves with this blog and ask why similar AD's are coming out again like this older FAA AD 2007-17-05. Obviously there is a problem here.
Everybody forgets the S92 was certified with a gearbox that couldn't last 11 minutes in flight without breaking up and killing people. People have forgotten much about how this came about, no one wants to talk. Most everyone knew however that the drivetrain worked pretty much flawlessly in the UH60/S70 and that sticking it on a big box frame like the S92A was asking for problems, except the accountants running the show at Sikorsky. Maybe the forced redesigns of the MGB put the fear in these people.
Sticking this drivetrain in the S92 would be like Rolls Royce sticking 13 inch wheels on a Corniche and sticking vibration dampers everywhere to improve the ride. On the plus side, you could always pull over on the side of the road and wait for help. But don't blame engineering. They do what they can, with the budgets they are given. Sometimes their budgets are slashed and they're told to let the customer deal with it, just get the thing over the fence.
It's time to fire the inept management and accountants sinking OEM's everywhere instead of laying off underpaid engineers and hangar crews everywhere. Lets
make helicopters great again, like the venerable S61 in the corner, standing by, but never forgotten.