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There is a substantial difference between the 'stability' of a fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter - important for flight in IMC and the rigours of IFR.
If you look at Appendix B to Part 27 (CS or FAR) you will see that most additional regulations address stability issues.
If you look at Appendix B to Part 27 (CS or FAR) you will see that most additional regulations address stability issues.
there are some SE helicopters with SAS and Autopilot. We had a As350b3 with sas and autopilot some years ago. I think this is not an issue. Any manufacturer would be interested to install SAS and autopilot on their SE helicopters to make them IFR capable.
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That's the figures for the first 3 quarters of 2018.
About the 139, 44 produced so far that is a very good result (as usual).
I don't have a view about the qualities of the AW119, I can only note that in Switzerland, there are on the register 1 AW119 and about 80 H125/130.
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About the 139, 44 produced so far that is a very good result (as usual).
I don't have a view about the qualities of the AW119, I can only note that in Switzerland, there are on the register 1 AW119 and about 80 H125/130.
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I was flying a Bell 206L-3 in the early 2000s that was fully IFR certified, of course the additional weight (plus my "skinny" med crew) prevented any sort of realistic IFR fuel load) for most of the legs we flew.
We did regular RT in the hood without hydraulics (SASless can confirm). SAS and autopilot alone do not meet the criteria, otherwise every lightweight 206L-1 or Crapstar 350 could be certified.
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It's about controllability without hydraulics and secondary electrical generation requirements.
- There are single engine helicopters with dual hyd. (EC130, and some AS350B3e)
- Secondary electrical generation: it is possible to install 2 generators on the same engine like it is used on airplanes like TBM850 or Pilatus 12 etc.
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Prolly the same reasoning that says singles shouldn't be used for ems/night/nvg/SAR. What are the stats, exactly - how many machines have been lost due to engine failure, as opposed to mgb, tail rotor, drive shaft etc failure? Vested interest here, been flying single ems/SAR for a decade now, maybe time to quit...
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Just to correct a couple of points firstly the bit about single engine aeroplanes flying at 25,000 feet kinda excludes all the PA 28's and other small fixed wing aircraft that regularly fly IFR in IMC at much much lower levels all without issue,not to mention the cloud base will be the same no matter how high you started from, and I would much rather pop out low level in a slow helicopter than a fast plane.
Secondly speaking from experience a stabilized helicopter is a lot easier to fly in IMC than an un-stabilized aeroplane , and even without SAS it's not a huge problem for short periods of time so long as you keep it simple and ask for help as you would only be IMC without SAS if you had a problem
I think the bigger issue is a lack of experience among the helicopter community of flying in IMC on shore, which has produced and maybe rightly so a very adverse opinion to it, where as in the fixed wing world it's just normal. The other thing to consider is that if it was easier to certify singles for IMC the equipment in them would rapidly improve as would skill and experience levels, lets not forget no one is going to force anyone to fly anything in IMC if they don't wont to! its about providing a means that minimizes risk for those who do want to
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Secondly speaking from experience a stabilized helicopter is a lot easier to fly in IMC than an un-stabilized aeroplane , and even without SAS it's not a huge problem for short periods of time so long as you keep it simple and ask for help as you would only be IMC without SAS if you had a problem
I think the bigger issue is a lack of experience among the helicopter community of flying in IMC on shore, which has produced and maybe rightly so a very adverse opinion to it, where as in the fixed wing world it's just normal. The other thing to consider is that if it was easier to certify singles for IMC the equipment in them would rapidly improve as would skill and experience levels, lets not forget no one is going to force anyone to fly anything in IMC if they don't wont to! its about providing a means that minimizes risk for those who do want to
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I think the bigger issue is a lack of experience among the helicopter community of flying in IMC on shore, which has produced and maybe rightly so a very adverse opinion to it, where as in the fixed wing world it's just normal. The other thing to consider is that if it was easier to certify singles for IMC the equipment in them would rapidly improve as would skill and experience levels, lets not forget no one is going to force anyone to fly anything in IMC if they don't wont to! its about providing a means that minimizes risk for those who do want to
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http://m.www.marenco-swisshelicopter...h09-helicopter
it seems that marenco will install garmin 3000 on their single engine helicopter SH09
Garmin 3000 is an IFR tool. It means that the single engine SH09 will be waiting for SE IFR certification soon. It is nonsense installing such an expensive avionics on a VFR only helicopter. Let's hope SE IFR will soon become a normal thing.
it seems that marenco will install garmin 3000 on their single engine helicopter SH09
Garmin 3000 is an IFR tool. It means that the single engine SH09 will be waiting for SE IFR certification soon. It is nonsense installing such an expensive avionics on a VFR only helicopter. Let's hope SE IFR will soon become a normal thing.
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