Ain't TSOed or pretty, but a 10 inch strip of velcro works great :ok:

Falls off, drops down into controls/TR Pedals, great!!!

S

Anythings possible ;)

Where I work they have trialled with a strip of velcro in the center console and it is the most stupid thing I've ever seen. Whoever thought of it needs a kick in the bollocks for stupidity.
"Oh, lets use some dodgy velcro stuff to hold a tablet onto the instrument panel ABOVE THE FUEL CUTOFF SWITCHES!!!"
Absolute genius. Of course there is absolutely no way a tablet can fall off, bounce and on the upward bounce unlock the fuel cutoff switch. Is there. Is there???
Keep it in a bag and take it out and hold on to it when you need it, or get a proper mod done. Mods are not difficult to do, it is just that most companies are too lazy to do things properly.

Nooby, thanks, thats what I meant I just didn't want to go into the STC etc etc syndrome, I just thought that anybody in the business understood the implications of 'moding' an aircraft has on the airworthiness of that machine, no matter how small that MOD may seem.

S

Were you sitting beside me yesterday? ;):D

Negative Outwest :)

In the meantime ..

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U...ard%252529.jpg
AW139s of the UAE Air Force at Lyons St. Exupery Airport on 5th September 2011 (Photo: Jacques Lienard)

These are cited as being operated by the UAE Air Force (presumably in a VIP role?). The near craft carries the discreet registration "2010" and seems to be a 'Long Nose' 139. Out of curiosity what is the 'bump' atop the nose cone please?

Mmmm ...

Bump on nose cone covers the fwd TCAS antenna ...

:)

"new" tail boom debonding
 

Gday all

One of our machines has experienced debonding on the tail boom. "new" tail boom, left side in the vicinity of previous instances on the "old" booms.

Anyone else experienced this yet? Not sure what the prognosis is yet or what the outcome will be however will keep you posted.

Cheers

Turkey

Same old problem
 

So the new design disbonds too. Now maybe someone from AW will listen. This is a processing issue, not a design issue. And I hope that they don't use the scuff sand and solvent clean process for repair. Otherwise the repair will disbond too!

TS I have sent you a PM.

Regards

Blakmax

:ugh::ugh::ugh:

Hi!
Do we have any further information related to the inflight inflation of the flotation system on a 139 on the North Sea?

I have tried to find some additional news on the web with no success.

The Operator I am flying with have the NTO from Agusta allowing the possibility of not having the floats armed while off-shore in some specific conditions and I am quite interested in learning a bit more about what happened with that "inccident"

Was the helicopter really flying with Floats NOT ARMED? Are they operating under that NTO from Agusta?

Do they have a clue why the system triggered the floats?

At what speed where they flying when this happened?

How bad was to regain control of the aircraft?

Did they made a dictching or they continue to destination or to an alternate?

I have not been able to find any information about this event in the AAIB website neither.

Can someone bring some light into this? Would be most welcomed :D

In cruise at 140 kts.

Floats NOT armed.

A loud bang (explosion) followed by rapid deceleration in IAS.

No extreme attitude changes.

A/C returned to base at reduced airspeed.

Cause not yet determined.

Thanks Outwest.

I will be looking forward to hear about the inccident report outcome.

Hi Guys,

Sometime ago, after the catastrophic tailboom fracture in the middle east a discussion ensued regarding the integrity and inspection etc. of these carbon/glass fibre structures, somebody posted a link to a handheld device (ultrasonic I think), with a large colour display for inspecting these type of components. I searched for that post at length but I couldn't find it. Does anybody have a link to that device's website or similar websites ? My own operator, like many others, are very concerned about the ongoing tail rotor blade issue and perhaps such a device would be very useful for inspecting the problematic area of these blades (as a supplement to the visual inspection) and other similar parts. Has anybody any experience in using these devices and can vouch for their usefulness ?

Many Thanks.

BackHive.

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/450...ml#post6436846

That device was my above post, perhaps....
human tap testing against machine.... who can be more accurate :}

That's the one 9Aplus, bang on!
Thanks a lot.

BackHive.

:ok: you welcome...
just small favor to you and
my friends in Cascina Costa

Note:
For sure that or similar "tool" can be useful for
both bonding and crack problems detection. Someone
must develop suitable procedure. In mean time
keep and compare data of inspections in between,
something must be "visible" before major failure...

Turkeyslapper did the tailboom have a metal honeycomb core?