Helicopter Elastomeric Dampers

[matty2512]

Im currently carrying out a project looking into the feasibility of introducing a testing regime for the elastomeric bearings used on the British Army's Apache helicopters.

Im looking to carry a load test to determine if the dampers have lost their damping properties, potentially using a hydraulic press or similar.

If there is anyone who has any experiance of this testing or of any companies that carry it out, I would be very grateful.

[chopmoo]

Matty if you look on the MD helicopter web site and log onto their maintenace manuals ,the procedure is there for testing the elastomeric H500 dampers

[matty2512]

Chopmoo, sounds excellant, thanks very much