Originally Posted by
FADEC1
It's time to resurrect this blog.
Thread, not blog.
It looks like the S92 still has issues that haven't been resolved.
Yep, the latest discussion has to do with some bearings in the tail pitch change area. Helicopters sure seem to have issues, be they young, medium, or old.
Everybody forgets the S92 was certified with a gearbox that couldn't last 11 minutes in flight without breaking up and killing people.
I don't think anyone forgets that. Like Elephants, plenty of Helicopter pilots have long memories. That tragic loss got a lot of people's attention.
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.
I hear the automotive industry has had that problem as well, but as you said, one can pull over ...
It's time to fire the inept management and accountants sinking OEM's everywhere instead of laying off underpaid engineers and hangar crews everywhere.
Just FYI, Sikorsky Aircraft is now part of Lockheed Martin (rather than UTC) which leads to "which OEM management and accountants" need the axe in response to that part of your commentary.
Lets
make helicopters great again,
How much money you got?
