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Hi Pablo
We watched the Mod45 messages quite closely to ensure they appeared as advertised ("Test Running", "Test Done" etc etc ) and the system performed exactly as advertised.
We watched the Mod45 messages quite closely to ensure they appeared as advertised ("Test Running", "Test Done" etc etc ) and the system performed exactly as advertised.
As the 225 is the last commercial aircraft left in the world where the pilot has to climb up the side of the aircraft to get into the cockpit they have probably forgotten how to get in.
Ah....but it is such a short climb.....compared to real Helicopters....perhaps it will only take a few moments for them to recall how to do it!
Part of "Monkey Skills" was remembering which foot to lead off with on your climb to the Top.
Part of "Monkey Skills" was remembering which foot to lead off with on your climb to the Top.
Last edited by SASless; 10th Aug 2013 at 11:52.
Some of us understand that concept......walking a long way up hill to the front office!
Someone post a photo of the prewar HP Heyford or the Convair Pogo or Lockheed XFY 1 VTOl, or if you want helicopters the Mil Mi-10. That'll stop this thread continuing!
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Such nostalgia, it’s a pleasant break from the current woes of the 225.
But it does focus the mind on the fact the BV234 which on paper ( I don’t have the paper to hand and I’m probably wrong) could be a more capable airframe was consigned to history due to a gearbox problem.
Back on topic, any one flying offshore with a 30 min rating after M Lube MODS?
But it does focus the mind on the fact the BV234 which on paper ( I don’t have the paper to hand and I’m probably wrong) could be a more capable airframe was consigned to history due to a gearbox problem.
Back on topic, any one flying offshore with a 30 min rating after M Lube MODS?
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Gearbox problem.....oh my....but only after a PR campaign to kill the introduction of the machine before it ever saw service. Just the opposite of the current situation.
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a 234 did do the bad deed
The Sultan is correct, a 234 did release several souls, I have the report and you can too if you just google it. It was not PR the killed it, it was reality and it could have been fixed. IMHO it was a mixture of corporate cost cutting pressure and engineering ignorance or lack of due diligence. Bench testing does not a good product make. Good judgment is hard to define and find.