Any news on the gel cell batteries that were supposed to be STCed by AW?
The current NiCads are really putting a crimp in our operational tempo.

The batteries were sent to Italy from LC but nothing ever more was heard.

We've just fitted a new 44 A/H battery with a 900 hour servicing period instead of the 400 hour servicing of the older 44 A/H. It is a Micro Maintenance M3 battery by Marathon. Is that the one you are meaning??

AW139 Manual
 

Greetings,

I'm looking for an AW139 Flight Manual or other such reading material so I can start learning about the systems, limitations and emergency procedures prior to undertaking type training. If anyone has any useful files they can send me, please PM.

Many thanks to all :ok:

Hey Grover:

Don't be so certain. In any case, why don't you wait a while, if they come it won't be for years.

Better stick with keeping up to date with the '76.

Signed;

The Count (Ah Ah Ah)

Drop lead, sorry for the delayed return to your question as I have been out of town importing a second machine. Yes track on the 139 with VXP can be corrected, it has both radial and axial accelerometers with photocell. In the mean time I can use a modified agusta chart.;)

:ok:AB139Engineer,
I have been using the VXP to adjust in flight track of the tail rotor for about a year and a half. I originally got a production chart from engineering and modified it to work with the VXP. We operate at max gross wt. pretty much all the time and we were experiencing quite a few problems in the structure of the tail boom and not only the attach fittings. Since we've started to perform the inflight track of the tail rotor all the way to VNE we have not experienced any problems in the tail structure. Also,you may find that the pronounced 5per vibes will be greatly reduced as the tail rotor simulates a M/R 5per. We are currently working with Honeywell and hopefully the proper corrections will be in the program some time soon. If you need the chart, let me know. However, it sounds like you have a good plan.:ok:

UK: First Coastguard AW139 due this week - operational from 3rd April
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display...._in_rescue.php

Passenger Helicopter Service to Tallinn to Resume
http://www.yle.fi/news/left/id83142.html

Govt to acquire new chopper for VIP use
http://www.siasat.com/english/index....itle=Hyderabad

Korean Coast Guard Orders Two AW139 Maritime Helicopters
http://www.verticalmag.com/control/n...es/?a=6779&z=6

YTL Corporation Berhad Orders An AW139 Helicopter
http://www.verticalmag.com/control/n...es/?a=6780&z=6

AgustaWestland Performs AW139 Assembly Line Grand Opening In Philadelphia
http://www.verticalmag.com/control/n...es/?a=6778&z=6

lotsa sales . looks like they have a winner . How are EC155 sales going now ?.

Got a #1 DCGEN Caption a couple of times during cool-down, took a few enquiries to reveal it was only the % on #1 dropping below 3% at which point the GCU1 was switching the GEN out. Hence the caption but no fault showing in a subsequent check of the maintenance pages.

After taking a while to realise I'm flying a great big computer around the skies - i.e., CTRL+ALT+DEL if in doubt - things are getting a little more relaxed!!

Awesome heli, really!

4th axis
 

The FAA has finished the approval of the 4th axis in the U.S.. Other operators have told us that the collective is constantly moving while engaged in 3Q. They say that you cannot simply select a power setting, like the Honeywell SPZ 7600 autopilot. Is it the same all over, or did the FAA require something different.

C365

It does seem to move quite a bit - this is the first 4-axis I've flown so I've nothing to compare it to. In bumpy conditions last week, using ALT and IAS as well as NAV modes, the collective seemed to be forever busy! I took out IAS for a while and it reduced quite a bit but it still moved some. This was the ifrst time I looked at that in particular and it was only a brief look so I couldn't say anything definitive.

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heliski22, if you want to get rid of the DC gen caption during cool down, just put the bus tie on or increase the gen load.

cayuse365, you are right about the 4-axis, the collective moves a bit but you get used to it.

This remembers me of the MAU reset (on ground) we had to do during some problems... there is a procedure with both breakers... :E


Anyone involved in the UK s.a.r. fleet knows what radar is installed?


Regards
Aser

Aser, you mean you did not wander over when picking up your 3rd Aircraft to have a look. P701 radar fitted. Pity CHC did not supply a correct photo to the Dorset Echo of the SAR aircraft, not an old Oil and Gas machine.

Helispanner, I went yesterday to pickup the 3rd aircraft, I had just time for a coffee and out to helicopter, but I got a glimpse of the second UK sar 139 in the distance when leaving the hangar!
What a difference from 2006, Vergiate is full of 139s

Just a couple of pictures:

Out if Milan at FL120
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...rtinez/007.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...z/P3020070.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...z/P3020069.jpg

Regards

Aser
Some pics of the SAR AW139, now at Lee-on Solent, that you missed.

http://img3013.photobox.co.uk/642500...baab14c90b.jpg

http://img3013.photobox.co.uk/284364...accf2613ab.jpg

Helispanner
G-CGIJ.
Wow, it does exist then! Any news on when the other two are due in the U.K.? Also when will the auto hover and SAR modes be up and running? Maybe the S61's will finally get to rest towards the end of the year.:)
With ref. to your bit about the Dorset Echo article. CHC couldn't even supply the real figures for casualty carrying ability! 15??? On North Sea duty maybe, SAR, Hmmm! Also said it had more endurance than the S61! I thought only one new machine had the overload tank fitted?
3D

Endurance. Never been my strong point.
 

3D CAM,

From what I have heard I would agree with you on the endurance bit. Apparently the 139 burns the same as a 61 but carries a little more than half the fuel load (without the overload tank that is), therefore I would say the 139 has far less endurance.

I am sure the Lee boys will soon tell us all.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g.../dublin009.jpg


http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g.../dublin008.jpg

Looks I got a nicer day for the trip than you did, Aser! Something about those mountains, isn't there?!! Saas Fee on the Nose and the Dom on the left (red spot on the left of Map display) at 14911ft

Wow..what great shots!! Make me jealous...

On another point, I have a question:

How long does it take to go through the prestart and start procedures on the 139? It looks like our EMS customer is upgrading from the 76 to the 139 and I would like to know the impact it will have on our dispatch time...

Thanks in advance.

wde

Start & Run-up for AW-139
 

You could use the 'Quick Start' Procedure in the RFM...probably designed for the EMS Industry. We don't use that procedure in the Offshore GoM environment. A full start (first start of the day) takes some time...maybe about 6-8 minutes to takeoff. Once that is completed the Thru-Flight start is very quick. Dual engine starts are prohibited, but with a GPU you can start one immediately after the other starter has dropped out. You could probably be airborne in less than two minutes while your co-dude is still working on the MCDU and NAV data input (FMS).