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Originally posted by Julio@Nov 24 2004, 11:13 PM
A few notes:
Actually, it's 2% of the value of the helicoptors, as they are worth 1.8 billion. The remainder of the contract is for stuff such as servicing the coptors, as well as a simulator.
Our new search and rescue coptors have been having problems of their own, as they were recently grounded...there has been problems with their rotors.
Everybody talks about the 30 hours of service per one hour of airtime...without a doubt that is pretty bad, but one has to remember that this isn't like a car, which runs without servicing...our S and R coptors require somewhere around 10 hours of servicing for every hour in the air.
A question on that...does anybody know if that is thirty hours by a maintance crew, or is it 30 man/person hours (ie, a crew of 4 working for 7.5 hours each)
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It may be 2% of the heli contract, but in terms of the total that Sikorsky is going to receive (5bil), it's not much.
The EH-101's Canada bought were supposed to take 7 hours of maintenance per hour flight time, as told by the manufacturer. But they are now taking 22 hours, which is far too high for a new aircraft.
The 30 hours needed for the sea king is maintenance man-hours. What's interesting to note is that in 1994, the number was 22, which is where the EH-101's are at now.