Aural Warning on Eurocopter EC120
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Bong .....
Mmmmm that bong is the least of your problems ....
you need to prepare yourself for some stress matey....
as I was told just before I bought my 120...... they are a great machine but just hope and prey you never have to deal with TM...... sure enough after six years of enjoying every min of my aircraft the time came when I had to replace the engine ( mine stared making metal) from there I think I could write a book ...... very long two year story cut short.... 4 engines in two years.... believe it or not the first one they gave me as a service exchange engine had a fault that it had been removed from THREE other aircraft around the world for ... and yet put back into service each time ... next one fell to bits inside, last one was the straw that broke the camels back and the sad time came to get rid of the aircraft .... in short TM forced me out of my lovely 120... I just couldn't do with stress and hassle anymore talk about take the P*** ..... I hear from the new owner that they are still now having some problems with the latest engine .... so I wish you luck , you really are going to need a bucket load of it ......
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you need to prepare yourself for some stress matey....
as I was told just before I bought my 120...... they are a great machine but just hope and prey you never have to deal with TM...... sure enough after six years of enjoying every min of my aircraft the time came when I had to replace the engine ( mine stared making metal) from there I think I could write a book ...... very long two year story cut short.... 4 engines in two years.... believe it or not the first one they gave me as a service exchange engine had a fault that it had been removed from THREE other aircraft around the world for ... and yet put back into service each time ... next one fell to bits inside, last one was the straw that broke the camels back and the sad time came to get rid of the aircraft .... in short TM forced me out of my lovely 120... I just couldn't do with stress and hassle anymore talk about take the P*** ..... I hear from the new owner that they are still now having some problems with the latest engine .... so I wish you luck , you really are going to need a bucket load of it ......
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J Tobias,
The "parameter out of range" will show up on shut down as you do have parameters out of range when the aircraft is not running.
Regarding Overlimit warnings, they should not be ignored. Go to the overlimit page to find which parameter is showing as being exceeded. There have been some false Nr over limits that are the result of a failed resistor, but these are usually showing a very high (480 to 490 Nr) when never being in an autorotation on that flight. On the other hand, an Nr exceedance of 445 or so during a steep turn or flare during an auto practice should of course not be discounted.
The VEMD may be getting to be older technology, but it was and is miles ahead of what came before it in terms of presentation of information and taking the "maybe" out of exceedances and the maintenance required because of them.
(I freely admit a bias towards the aircraft)
Regards,
Rigidhead
The "parameter out of range" will show up on shut down as you do have parameters out of range when the aircraft is not running.
Regarding Overlimit warnings, they should not be ignored. Go to the overlimit page to find which parameter is showing as being exceeded. There have been some false Nr over limits that are the result of a failed resistor, but these are usually showing a very high (480 to 490 Nr) when never being in an autorotation on that flight. On the other hand, an Nr exceedance of 445 or so during a steep turn or flare during an auto practice should of course not be discounted.
The VEMD may be getting to be older technology, but it was and is miles ahead of what came before it in terms of presentation of information and taking the "maybe" out of exceedances and the maintenance required because of them.
(I freely admit a bias towards the aircraft)
Regards,
Rigidhead
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Thanks Rigidhead,
I have checked the over-limit page and the parameters are all Zero and my maintenance company have advised that this will be a spurious reading which can be ignored.
Joel
I have checked the over-limit page and the parameters are all Zero and my maintenance company have advised that this will be a spurious reading which can be ignored.
Joel
