Airbus Helicopters H225 flies on sustainable fuel
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Airbus Helicopters H225 flies on sustainable fuel
Airbus Helicopters flew a H225 with sustainable fuel..
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/p...-aviation-fuel
Is it too ironic, given the 225's history, that it almost says 100% SAFE on the tail? 
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Forgive my ignorance, but I've never seen a mention of the difference in performance of SAF vs conventional fuels. Are we safe to assume that SAF matches conventional fuels on performance or would it be too cynical of me to wonder if there is a reason why this isn't usually reported on?
Forgive my ignorance, but I've never seen a mention of the difference in performance of SAF vs conventional fuels. Are we safe to assume that SAF matches conventional fuels on performance or would it be too cynical of me to wonder if there is a reason why this isn't usually reported on?
Well, considering only one rotor head ever fell of a 225 in hundreds of thousands of hours (may be even millions) it seems fairly unlikely.
I wonder if, when viewing any other type of helicopter, you cite its history of mechanical failures and say “I hope that doesn’t happen again”. No, I though not.
I wonder if, when viewing any other type of helicopter, you cite its history of mechanical failures and say “I hope that doesn’t happen again”. No, I though not.
Well, considering only one rotor head ever fell of a 225 in hundreds of thousands of hours (may be even millions) it seems fairly unlikely.
Here the topic was flight in SAF which I think is a cool initiative, by whomever and regardless of the aircraft type..
In my opinion REDL was an avoidable maintenance error so I disregard that one. One failure is of course not statistically significant so whether it was 400k hrs or 4 million doesn’t tell us much! What we do know is pilots cause accidents much more frequently. Fortunately the brave new world sees helicopters flying without pilots, so that one can be ticked off the list!
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Firstly, I didn't actually bring the subject up. Secondly, the 332L2 and 225 departing rotor heads however caused changed the industry forever.
Regarding action taken by Airbus to prevent them happening again, even the latest Airbus Helicopters super medium product requires an MGB change at 800 hours. When an Airbus Helicopter super medium or heavy has an MGB installed that routinely makes a TBO of 4k or 5k hours, I will be more convinced.
as far as I have read, action has been taken by Airbus because of these events to prevent them in the future…. So indeed it is a bit silly to bring this up every time a 225 is mentioned.
Regarding action taken by Airbus to prevent them happening again, even the latest Airbus Helicopters super medium product requires an MGB change at 800 hours. When an Airbus Helicopter super medium or heavy has an MGB installed that routinely makes a TBO of 4k or 5k hours, I will be more convinced.
as far as I have read, action has been taken by Airbus because of these events to prevent them in the future…. So indeed it is a bit silly to bring this up every time a 225 is mentioned. We don’t do the same about gearboxes of a S92 or horizontal stabilizers of blackhawks etc etc.
Here the topic was flight in SAF which I think is a cool initiative, by whomever and regardless of the aircraft type..
Here the topic was flight in SAF which I think is a cool initiative, by whomever and regardless of the aircraft type..
The actual reason for the S92 gearbox failure was identified and fixed - also if you were flying an S92, still fitted with Ti filter studs, and they failed, you should be able to avert disaster by landing/ditching immediately.
Airbus admit they do not know why the gearbox failed in an unsurvivable way. They identified some potential causes and took steps to mitigate these causes. If the failure occurs again - everyone dies, and it’s “back to the drawing board” for further fixes.
The difference in the examples you use is:
The actual reason for the S92 gearbox failure was identified and fixed - also if you were flying an S92, still fitted with Ti filter studs, and they failed, you should be able to avert disaster by landing/ditching immediately.
Airbus admit they do not know why the gearbox failed in an unsurvivable way. They identified some potential causes and took steps to mitigate these causes. If the failure occurs again - everyone dies, and it’s “back to the drawing board” for further fixes.
The actual reason for the S92 gearbox failure was identified and fixed - also if you were flying an S92, still fitted with Ti filter studs, and they failed, you should be able to avert disaster by landing/ditching immediately.
Airbus admit they do not know why the gearbox failed in an unsurvivable way. They identified some potential causes and took steps to mitigate these causes. If the failure occurs again - everyone dies, and it’s “back to the drawing board” for further fixes.
But we still are no talking about SAF… do the exhaust fumes smell like French fries? 😉
But we still are no talking about SAF… do the exhaust fumes smell like French fries? 😉
The H225 test helicopter flew with an unblended SAF derived from used cooking oil, provided by TotalEnergies
And only 50% of the helicopter engines run on 100% SAF, too
According to the article,
And only deep frying leaves used oil. Which brings the next issue : how many kilogrammes of french fries must be cooked per flight hour? Given 2 liters of oil in a 1 kg deep fryer, and 10-15 uses before piping it to Total...
And only 50% of the helicopter engines run on 100% SAF, too
And only deep frying leaves used oil. Which brings the next issue : how many kilogrammes of french fries must be cooked per flight hour? Given 2 liters of oil in a 1 kg deep fryer, and 10-15 uses before piping it to Total...
And only 50% of the helicopter engines run on 100% SAF, too
And so it begins
Wow, seems to be a real problem. Surge of cooking oil thefts in restaurants. Wall Street Journal.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/soggy-f...ld-11637336419
Soggy French Fries? Blame the Cooking Oil Price Spike. ‘It’s Pretty Much Liquid Gold.’
