Check out: http://www.electrocution.com/aviation/

Excellent W & B spreadsheet.

Here you go

arm inches
Front seats (right hand pilot) 61.02
pilot (left side) 63.00
front bench seat high back 65.00
rear seats 99.99
side baggage 125.98
rear baggage 181.1
fuel 135.81

I'll be putting a new spreadsheet up in a day or so - just added density altitude/pressure altitude - amazing the things you do to pass the time in an oil lease.....

Phil

Many thanks to all you gentlemen. Just what I was looking for.

Mick Doohan gets 400th AS 350
 

Five-times 500cc motorcycle world champion Mick Doohan has taken delivery of Eurocopter's 400th AS350 B3.

http://www.mickdoohan.com.au/photos/...oohan_flag.jpg

The keys were handed over by Eurocopter's President at a ceremony at Marignane.

This is Eurocopter's second sale to the Ozzie star who's been Honda's Head of Racing since he retired in 1999.

For those unfamiliar with Doohan's racing record, Flying Lawyer's picture shows him three laps from the end of the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, having lapped the entire field twice and deciding to ease off a bit.

:D

Which country does Mick reside now? or was the ceremony purely for the AS 350?

I think Mick is in Spain.

saw the original ship in texas the other day, truly a beautiful paint job, i heard that the gentleman that paints micks helmets did the aircraft. nice work
dr

Mick is General Manager of Racing for Honda and his home address is Monaco.
Think he still has a place at Surfers Paradise to visit,but with attending all Grand Prix,s etc both his places would be a haven for cobwebs.

Mr. S

If you're around caloundra i know Jacko has some copies of a roll of film i shot of it when Mick's pilot picked it up.

And I think Rob has my negatives!! he's on Central Coast NSW somewhere. rumbles would probably have a contact 9pass it on to me if you get one - wouldn't mind my negs back!)

These are the two guys who painted it. They don't paint helmets! I think Jacko was painting buses again when I left Qld.

Also believe Eurocopter in Sydney has some copies.


T

Suitability of AS350 B2
 

Greetings all,

Your inputs would be greatly appreciated, especially those rotorheads who have experience with this particular aircraft.

I am presently working with the Red Cross Air Mercy Service, in Cape Town South Africa. They render an airborne emergency service countrywide. Our Helicopter Wing in the Western Cape, utilizes two platforms to render this service.

A well suited BO-105, equipped as an Air Ambulance, for all our Primary calls (trauma,transfers etc); and an Alouette 111, equipped for Mountain Rescue and Surf Rescue.

Unfortunately as much as we all love and respect what the Alo has done for us, we find ourselves restricted to 1.5 hrs airborne capability on Surf Rescue calls, and just under 1 hr on Mountain calls. That is with our present operational Payload. Work in your average ferry, and this doesn't leave you with much time for an all important thorough search, and even less time for the actual rescue. Obviously we have made alternative plans wrt strategic fuel placements and off-loading of certain crew on site where necessary. Unfortunately this has often proved to be time consuming, which can be fairly criticall for certain patients.

Hence our need to replace the Alo with a suitable platform. we have looked at many alternatives, and seem to have narrowed it down to the AS350 B2. We have been frantically trying to source a suitable, reasonably priced second hand B2 for quite some time now. If anyone has any suitable contacts please post or send me a PM; not to sure of the protocol on this forum?

More importantly though, we would really appreciate pilot and operator inputs wrt the suitability of this aircraft. This before we commit to purchasing one.

Here then our worst case scenario Payload and conditions:

Pilot
Winchman
1xParamedic/Doctor
2x Mountain Climbing Specialists
Stretcher approx. 15 kgs
Life support Gear and Climbing Gear approx. 30 kgs
Suitable Winch/Hoist
Floatation Gear
Highest Mountain in Area 7000'amsl
Max possible OAT @ 7000'amsl 20 Deg cent.
Approx Density Alt 8500'
Endurance 2 hrs

Any feedback greatly appreciated! :ok:

DB

is the as 350 b2 suitable for sar in the cape?
 

In my opinion you'd be hard pushed to find a better single engine helicopter for what you describe. Purchase cost is one of the few things against you. You'll be in a relatively simple machine, easy to maintain, simple to fly, certainly reliable (especially if flown most days), stable platform, relatively robust, it is unlikely to be the cause of your crash however if you do you're in one of the worst seats/harnesses so see if you can get the as350b3 seats but they are expensive and are also not perfect (but then what is). Lack of tail rotor authority can be a problem but good pilot techniques will help, you'll struggle to get into vortex ring unlike two bladded bells (but poor piloting will help if you insist), the standard landing lights are not that good. The main rotor blades are "on condition" but you're unlikely to get more than 4000 hours out of a set, if you purchase a b2 a new or newish set of main rotor & tail rotor blades would be high on my list, you must have high skids. I could go on. If this is of any help give me a phone number to ring and I'll give it some real thought. Good luck!

http://www.eurocopter.com/site/FO/sc...=EN&noeu_id=3#


A few for sale , the 9000 series are factory re builds , will prob cost as much as new. very important is time left on ENgine , overhauls can be as high as 200K though I think TM have an assure OH rate now.

You might also want to check with Johan Nels at SA Dept of Ag at Lanseria as they have their unused B2 sitting in the hangar there. Since he got the new B3 he hasnt used it at all, except for a few flights to stop everything rusting up.

Also Eurocopter Africa are pretty good to support operators from what I understand.

Autorotate.

AS 350 "Glass doors"
 

I would like to know where I could find those large windows they fit to the AS350?:confused:

I've seen them on pictures,but can't find a website for them.

Any help would be apreciated:}

I looked in ours, I assume you mean the ones that "bulge" or bubble out a little. Tech Tool Plastics, I believe it is called the "comfort window"
www.tech-tool.com

RB:ok:

Thanks rotorboy,

But its not the "bubble windows" I'm after.
I have seen windows on AS350s that almost take up the whole door.:E
Those are the ones I'm after:}

The ones that Air Kauai have were made by Eurocopter Canada.

Heli Ops

I believe those are made by tech tool too. I wasnt alking about a "bubble" window for VR work. I would give then a call. If they dont make em, theyll know where.

RB

Autorotate, I sent you an email the other day and didnt get a reply.