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Forum: Rotorheads
31st Jan 2024, 15:53
Replies: 32
Views: 14,732
Posted By noooby

Sounds like Saudi hasn't changed much since I was...

Sounds like Saudi hasn't changed much since I was their in 2002. Most single car accidents I've ever seen in my life and by far the worst driving.
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2024, 20:15
Replies: 9
Views: 3,622
Posted By noooby

Yes, I'm afraid it is a Skyline machine. :(

Yes, I'm afraid it is a Skyline machine.

:(
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2024, 20:12
Replies: 9
Views: 1,745
Posted By noooby

Different P/N for the FIPS Main and Tail blades...

Different P/N for the FIPS Main and Tail blades compared to standard blades, with different constructon and different stresses. So the life limit is different too. As more of the blades approach...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Sep 2023, 15:39
Replies: 1,254
Views: 705,560
Posted By noooby

Could you perhaps expand on the "all other...

Could you perhaps expand on the "all other manufacuters fit a safety mechanism" passage please? Specifically, which aircraft models have this safety mechanism and what exactly is it?

The...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st May 2023, 17:31
Replies: 20
Views: 6,658
Posted By noooby

Records show 2 inflight float deployments in the...

Records show 2 inflight float deployments in the last 3 years and that includes the recent one in Brazil. That is across all Leonardo aircraft types. 109/119, 139, 169 and 189.

I can't find any...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Apr 2023, 22:52
Replies: 58
Views: 42,560
Posted By noooby

609 is a totally different story and if the...

609 is a totally different story and if the regulations for it were already sorted out by FAA, it would be certified. Can't certify an aircraft that doesn't have regulations written for it yet!

09...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2023, 18:06
Replies: 344
Views: 171,127
Posted By noooby

I'm sorry, why 30 years early? Isn't expected...

I'm sorry, why 30 years early? Isn't expected retirement, at least in the article you reference, set at 2037? That is 14 years away. That would be 197,400 hours.

I remember he Seasprite fiasco in...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Apr 2023, 17:54
Replies: 58
Views: 42,560
Posted By noooby

What are you betting on?

What are you betting on?
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Feb 2023, 18:46
Replies: 49
Views: 14,515
Posted By noooby

That's actually 100% inaccurate for Leonardo....

That's actually 100% inaccurate for Leonardo. Operators order their parts with the date they need them, well they should be anyway. If Leo can't supply by that date then the order is upgraded...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jan 2023, 23:00
Replies: 38
Views: 6,774
Posted By noooby

Working towards 2400!! After how many years? ...

Working towards 2400!! After how many years?

At least Leo come with a 5000 gearbox from day uno, with proven 30 minute run dry not just some sales hype (S-92) and they seem to last. Well the...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Oct 2022, 20:10
Replies: 150
Views: 34,618
Posted By noooby

SOS.... The engine controls do have a mechanical...

SOS.... The engine controls do have a mechanical backup system. ECL's through a cable to the FMM. ECL's can be beeped or (very carefully!) moved by hand. ECL's should be exercised daily by...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Oct 2022, 18:13
Replies: 150
Views: 34,618
Posted By noooby

Remember the 139 is not FADEC. Digital...

Remember the 139 is not FADEC.

Digital control yes. But not FADEC. It has manual mechanical backup.

CVFDR has it's own dedicated power supply.
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Sep 2022, 19:26
Replies: 150
Views: 34,618
Posted By noooby

That would be some fire to burn through a 4 inch...

That would be some fire to burn through a 4 inch carbon torque tube behind the pilots seats, and in the ceiling. The other control linkages are in the left hand wall behind the LH pilot door. No real...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2022, 21:23
Replies: 4
Views: 1,300
Posted By noooby

What does your local Leonardo Tech Rep say?

What does your local Leonardo Tech Rep say?
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Dec 2021, 01:35
Replies: 170
Views: 136,141
Posted By noooby

They should just get Leonardo to make their...

They should just get Leonardo to make their gearboxes for them. They wouldn't be so tall (look how high that thing is!) and they'd come out of the blocks with a 5000 hr life and PROVEN 30 minute run...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Nov 2021, 00:16
Replies: 10
Views: 4,261
Posted By noooby

Last time I checked, the AW139 is not SPIFR...

Last time I checked, the AW139 is not SPIFR certified by FAA. Only EASA and nations that follow EASA.

Section 1, Limitations. Minimum crew for IFR in FAA land is two.

Section 5, Supplement 22,...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2021, 21:34
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By noooby

Not shut down. It restricts fuel flow to prevent...

Not shut down. It restricts fuel flow to prevent torque going higher. Wording is poorly translated from Italian to English.
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2020, 20:17
Replies: 39
Views: 17,302
Posted By noooby

Don't blame the machine. Oil and Gas operators,...

Don't blame the machine. Oil and Gas operators, who staff their bases properly, do get the inspections done quicker. We used to do the 300 hour in 3 days. A 4 year would be a couple weeks. As for...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Nov 2020, 17:16
Replies: 39
Views: 17,302
Posted By noooby

When the Provincial Govt give you an EC145 for...

When the Provincial Govt give you an EC145 for free and the Federal Govt give you four EC145 for free, you find that your fleet suddenly becomes the EC145. And then the STARS CEO had to issue an...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2020, 04:05
Replies: 39
Views: 17,302
Posted By noooby

Quite possibly. A guy here in Canada just bought...

Quite possibly. A guy here in Canada just bought three C++ for 1.5mil US$.

Not each, that is the total cost for all three machines. 500k each! For C++!!

Looks like he is keeping one for private...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Nov 2020, 19:49
Replies: 35
Views: 13,117
Posted By noooby

I wasn't including drinking days. LOL. ...

I wasn't including drinking days. LOL.

Normally if Leo is concerned about the aircraft they would have communicated as such by now. But it is still silence. Which would SEEM to indicate that all...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Nov 2020, 04:17
Replies: 35
Views: 13,117
Posted By noooby

You have me by 2 years. I only have 8 years on...

You have me by 2 years. I only have 8 years on the 109/119 series. As a licenced mechanic doing line and heavy maintenance. It's a pretty basic and very reliable TR system. The TR itself however is a...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2020, 17:05
Replies: 35
Views: 13,117
Posted By noooby

Golly, you guys must be subject matter experts on...

Golly, you guys must be subject matter experts on the 109 Series TR Control system to be so sure of what happened.
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Oct 2020, 03:11
Replies: 53
Views: 17,356
Posted By noooby

Which is even more ironic when you consider the...

Which is even more ironic when you consider the Accessory Drive for the 139 (when installed) is on the #2 side! They never got around to installing the actuator to disengage the engine though. All...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jul 2020, 19:20
Replies: 16
Views: 7,385
Posted By noooby

Good grief. It's like you guys have never come...

Good grief. It's like you guys have never come across a blade strike before.

"Shhh, we'll remove all our damaged blades, send them back to the OEM and not tell them how they got damaged. They'll...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jul 2020, 19:42
Replies: 17
Views: 4,766
Posted By noooby

VLO is 130 knots if the gear is modded. 80 knots...

VLO is 130 knots if the gear is modded. 80 knots if not modded.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Mar 2020, 19:39
Replies: 33
Views: 14,882
Posted By noooby

Yes it has but only the 119 achieved IFR cert...

Yes it has but only the 119 achieved IFR cert without any exemptions. I believe the 407 had to apply for two exemptions to get the IFR certification. The Koala complied with all requirements of the...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Feb 2020, 14:36
Replies: 115
Views: 43,747
Posted By noooby

Wowsers!!! On 25th February, JTSB released a...

Wowsers!!!

On 25th February, JTSB released a press release which indicates the cause of the accident was fracture of the tail rotor drive shaft by contact with a main rotor blade. The shapes of...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Feb 2020, 14:33
Replies: 171
Views: 150,839
Posted By noooby

Mechanically, the 139 is the simplest machine...

Mechanically, the 139 is the simplest machine I've ever worked on. Electrically, people are scared of it. And for no real reason. It is DC only. No AC crap to try and find issues with.

I just...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Feb 2020, 04:29
Replies: 171
Views: 150,839
Posted By noooby

As a former 412 mechanic, I can say there is no...

As a former 412 mechanic, I can say there is no such thing as minimal maintenance on those pigs. 212 was much better and I'd actually rather take a 139 into the bush than a 412. Far less day to day...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jan 2020, 03:47
Replies: 27
Views: 10,495
Posted By noooby

That is true.

That is true.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Dec 2019, 15:18
Replies: 78
Views: 35,992
Posted By noooby

Canada didn't buy the VH71. They were basically a...

Canada didn't buy the VH71. They were basically a gift and the fuselages are a much later model, which Canada can use in their upcoming mid life update. It was the deal of the century for Canada....
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Dec 2019, 21:06
Replies: 344
Views: 171,127
Posted By noooby

Even in my days on Hueys, you ALWAYS had grunts...

Even in my days on Hueys, you ALWAYS had grunts put the pointy end down. I'd rather a bullet go through the fuel tank than the rotor system. And from the Huey days.... If you didn't have load...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Dec 2019, 16:46
Replies: 344
Views: 171,127
Posted By noooby

And yet the RNZAF NH-90's just seem to keep on...

And yet the RNZAF NH-90's just seem to keep on trucking. Even into an active volcano this week to drop in a team to recover bodies.

Makes you wonder what the RNZAF is doing different. Perhaps they...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Dec 2019, 18:24
Replies: 78
Views: 57,888
Posted By noooby

Quote" "White Island is private land. I suspect...

Quote" "White Island is private land. I suspect that after this accident, the rules may change or it may even be taken over by the government"

That isn't how the Govt works in NZ. They won't take...
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