End of the 225?
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Average height of offshore platform helideck
Between 80 to 120' depending on platform. Rigs about 80', some vessels 60'.
Our contracted 225s under IFR and our specified performance requirements would drop 50kg per degree above 25 degrees C. So at 35C, we would lose 500+ kg with an MTOM of 10400-10450 with the flight manual penalty for the forward fuel pods fitted.
Our contracted 225s under IFR and our specified performance requirements would drop 50kg per degree above 25 degrees C. So at 35C, we would lose 500+ kg with an MTOM of 10400-10450 with the flight manual penalty for the forward fuel pods fitted.
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Report: World Medium and Heavy Military Helicopter Market Declining. Russian Helicopters Projected to Lead in Unit Production.
Report: World Medium And Heavy Military Helicopter Market Declining | Aero-News Network
Report: World Medium And Heavy Military Helicopter Market Declining | Aero-News Network
FED,
The Vertrep Contract choice of aircraft had to do with Hangar size and lift ability and the fact the Puma 330 is a very good helicopter for that Mission and most importantly.....cheap.
The Vertrep Contract choice of aircraft had to do with Hangar size and lift ability and the fact the Puma 330 is a very good helicopter for that Mission and most importantly.....cheap.
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27000, really?
I'm surprised by the claim that 27,000 people have signed a petition calling for the type's permanent grounding. I wonder where this petition is being hosted?
@riff_raff
Buying?!
All official sources have info about donation of new airframes with refurbished aggregates and avionics (approx 300 BH on
average unit). Yes, some support and spares are contracted and paid.
Not much different than Croatia buying refurbished OH-58D's from the US Army.
All official sources have info about donation of new airframes with refurbished aggregates and avionics (approx 300 BH on
average unit). Yes, some support and spares are contracted and paid.
I'm surprised by the claim that 27,000 people have signed a petition calling for the type's permanent grounding.
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This article from July still sums up the situation for me
Future Of The Super Puma In Doubt? | Things With Wings
AH must have one of the trickiest redesigns in aviation history. how often you have to fundamentally rethink a primary module in the twilight of a model's life?
Writing the accident report will be tough enough - responding and addressing the recommendations will be a major engineering challenge and then the toughest of all dealing with all the emotional fall out. It is beginning to look like it was a stretch too far.
Future Of The Super Puma In Doubt? | Things With Wings
AH must have one of the trickiest redesigns in aviation history. how often you have to fundamentally rethink a primary module in the twilight of a model's life?
Writing the accident report will be tough enough - responding and addressing the recommendations will be a major engineering challenge and then the toughest of all dealing with all the emotional fall out. It is beginning to look like it was a stretch too far.
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It is imperative that Eurocopter get the EC225 back in service.
It is intolerable to customers to have Sikorsky have a monopoly and a simultaneous shortage of airframes as that will just drive cost up for the oil companies at a time of low oil price.
Ignore the petitions! With oil workers putting up with 30% pay cuts and more time offshore they will take whatever helicopter their company aviation advisor deems safe enough, just as they have done before after past accidents.
Obviously the advisors have to play being let-down with Eurocopter for the moment, to divert attention from their own past aircraft selections, but the world goes on.
It is intolerable to customers to have Sikorsky have a monopoly and a simultaneous shortage of airframes as that will just drive cost up for the oil companies at a time of low oil price.
Ignore the petitions! With oil workers putting up with 30% pay cuts and more time offshore they will take whatever helicopter their company aviation advisor deems safe enough, just as they have done before after past accidents.
Obviously the advisors have to play being let-down with Eurocopter for the moment, to divert attention from their own past aircraft selections, but the world goes on.
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Back with a bang I see SM. Others will be pleased.
Bit of an idiotic post though. Put safety second to save the oil companies? Doesn't wash with me. The world does indeed go on, so let's make it better. In the olden days people used to fly the Comet! I think your retirementland is up there in cloud cookoo land.
Exxon survived Valdez, BP survived the GOM, and Piper Alpha didn't stop North Sea production. Oil companies will always do just fine, just like your pension I imagine.
Bit of an idiotic post though. Put safety second to save the oil companies? Doesn't wash with me. The world does indeed go on, so let's make it better. In the olden days people used to fly the Comet! I think your retirementland is up there in cloud cookoo land.
Exxon survived Valdez, BP survived the GOM, and Piper Alpha didn't stop North Sea production. Oil companies will always do just fine, just like your pension I imagine.
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The oil industry has already given up on the Puma and Kuwait will be asking some serious questions behind the scenes.
Whatever AH do I feel a rebranding coming
HeliHub The distressed H225 fleet ? A review
How long realistically do we think the fix will take for the 225? ie until the ac can be flown again commercially within EASA?
Ignore the obvs qn of 'who would fly it?' on the customer side, just purely the mechanics of the solution and subsequent approvals from EASA.
Long time for the leasing companies to sweat it out with their own internal issues and idle aircraft.
How long realistically do we think the fix will take for the 225? ie until the ac can be flown again commercially within EASA?
Ignore the obvs qn of 'who would fly it?' on the customer side, just purely the mechanics of the solution and subsequent approvals from EASA.
Long time for the leasing companies to sweat it out with their own internal issues and idle aircraft.