EC155

[212man]

Never been involved in an accident as far as I know :-)

Apart from the GFS one that had a night CFIT (2 fatalities)......

[ericferret]

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase...hp?AcType=EC55

[Greeny9]

Originally Posted by nowherespecial

NHV still have a good few of them flying around the place on short term work. Cheap and fast is v popular in todays environment. That said, they are also trying to hand them back to the leasing companies as they have too many spare following the closing of their bases in Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Really? You'd best inform all the pilots and engineers working there

[nowherespecial]

Not sure what you mean Greeny. Have NHV sacked all their Dauphin crew in the last 48 hours?

[Greeny9]

Originally Posted by nowherespecial

Not sure what you mean Greeny. Have NHV sacked all their Dauphin crew in the last 48 hours?

No, I mean the bases in Ivory Coast and Ghana are not closed!

[nowherespecial]

Interesting. Lots of expensive toys with no contracts to fly for. Lukoil closed their whole operation in IC and PHI picked up Ghana with the S92. Who are they flying for then?

[Greeny9]

Originally Posted by nowherespecial

Interesting. Lots of expensive toys with no contracts to fly for. Lukoil closed their whole operation in IC and PHI picked up Ghana with the S92. Who are they flying for then?

You are quite obviously out of touch with what is happening!
The whole world does not rotate around Lukoil and PHI!

[TIMTS]

It looks like I'll be flying an EC-155B shortly, but all the training manuals I can find are for the B1. I want to be as prepared as possible before the training starts, and I'm wondering what the main differences are between the B and the B1. Can I use the B1 manuals? Which parts should I avoid? Thanks.

[ec155mech]

You will be fine with the THM for the B1 and Training manual for the Arriel 2C1 2C1 from Turbomeca.

As torquestripe mentions the diff is mainly in the performance.

[212man]

B1 has a backup mode for FADEC failure which uses the opposite side engine to control the power, whereas in the B the engine just freezes at the last power setting. No other real differences not already mentioned.

[Flying Bull]

Originally Posted by 212man

B1 has a backup mode for FADEC failure which uses the opposite side engine to control the power, whereas in the B the engine just freezes at the last power setting. No other real differences not already mentioned.

Not quite true - you have a BackUpSwitch on B

FADEC FAIL
Reminding light on cockpit overhead panel


Major governor Failure
NOTE
Metering unit frozen at fuel flow value upon failure.


1 - OEI rating ............................................ Select as required.

2 - NORMAL/BACKUP switch .................. BACKUP.

[212man]

Originally Posted by Flying Bull

Not quite true - you have a BackUpSwitch on B

FADEC FAIL
Reminding light on cockpit overhead panel


Major governor Failure
NOTE
Metering unit frozen at fuel flow value upon failure.


1 - OEI rating ............................................ Select as required.

2 - NORMAL/BACKUP switch .................. BACKUP.

Must be retrofitted since I flew them (2001-2006) - certainly wasn't in place then, although the switch was there.

[ec155mech]

unless it was a B you flew to my knowledge there hasnt been any upgrades from B to B1 done on the 155 fleet.

[Flying Bull]

Originally Posted by ec155mech

unless it was a B you flew to my knowledge there hasnt been any upgrades from B to B1 done on the 155 fleet.

No upgrades from B to B1 - but Fadec-Switch works on our B-model ;-)

[212man]

Originally Posted by ec155mech

unless it was a B you flew to my knowledge there hasnt been any upgrades from B to B1 done on the 155 fleet.

Yes; they were B models - that was my point. But, it would appear that the FADEC back up has been made a retrofit option.