Originally Posted by
industry insider
The point being too much torque is bad for the box. Should have been a lesson for the 225.
No, you have no evidence that reducing torque would have made any difference and one thing was certain, reducing cruise torque resulted in increased vibration. Not only obvious vibration from the rotor head, but vibration in the tail pylon are too. Vibration being a fairly destructive thing.
This idea was often mooted by folk with no technical knowledge but every time, EC (as they were then) said it was a bad idea.
Mind you, even at reduced cruise power it was still a lot smoother than an S92!