EC225

[Wizzard]

HH

Just one further thing to add: It don't half bounce when you forget to press the collective trigger!

ps Cheer up.

Wiz

[rjsquirrel]

What ever happened about that EC-225 incident?

A while back, someone posted a thread on a severe ground bounce or resonance or something on the new Bristow EC-225? Any report on injuries? Was that ever fixed?

[BHPS]

No damage to the aircraft although a slight injury to the person sitting in the jump seat. I suspect that there was also some washing done that night!

The aircraft is now flying regularly from Aberdeen.

[NorthSeaTiger]

I see they now have 2 EC225's at ABZ are they flying commercially or just training at the moment, every time I see it go past I think it's 365 with the noise it makes !!.

[NorthSeaTiger]

Hi,
Just wandering does the EC225 have a barbecue plate ?

[HeliComparator]

Yes, though I think its made of steel rather than the titanium of the L & L2

HC

[NorthSeaTiger]

Is the cabin door jettison system still as bad as ever ?

[HeliComparator]

Jealousy is so unbecoming........

[Jetboxer]

Does it leak when flying in rain / IMC, like the rest of the puma variants!

Hopefully, by now, Eurocopter have spoken to Citroen and got some tips on how to seal their windscreens, and keep the vehicle's occupants dry!

[Galapagos]

Have you ever flown a machine that doesn't leank... I haven't! From new to old, piston to heavy... all the same.

[Brilliant Stuff]

For those who don't fly the only real Helicopter , what is a BBQ plate?

[nimbostratus]

barbecue plate

It is (or so I'm told), the 'corrugated' titanium plate which attaches the base of the MRGB to the transmission deck. You'll find it somewhere between the race cart and the dog kennel; I hope that helps.

[Sailor Vee]

Not corrugated but perforated titanium plate, ever trying barbecueing on corrugated iron??

Plus, NO, I've never flown a heli that didn't leak, if they don't leak coming from the factory, the vibration soon changes that!!

[NorthSeaTiger]

It's a large one piece titanium plate with "fingers" machined out of it. attatched to airframe and mgb, takes torsional loads and damps vibration.

[Brilliant Stuff]

Cheers for that.

[Mikila1A]

BBQ Plate

ok, finally got the plate pic up for you,

the gearbox sits on the plate, the plate in turn takes up the torisonial loads of the rotor system, the proper name is actually...Flexible mounting plate.




BTW, this is the plate off a 332L model, not a 225. 225.....yummy!!!!!

[Brilliant Stuff]

Thank you for the picture.

What do you use the bullets for?
Left on the AOG box.

[Woolf]

.... you gotta get that steak somehow!


Batteries???

[NorthSeaTiger]

They are not "Bullets" but spacers for the bolts which go between the airframe and BBQ plate.

[Brilliant Stuff]

they look like "Bullets" from here. Would have been a good rumour to spread.

Cheers for all the explanations.

Now I will go back to my medium Helicopter.