Hawk
Newbie
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2009
- Messages
- 177
- Location
- Gilmer,TX
- Aircraft
- MH1
- Total Flight Time
- 1700 crew/side seat military
Francois,
I could go on and on with the problems with the mini in its original configuration. The frame had design flaws that were unrepairable with “patches”. The only fix was starting over with a new frame. The MRT is a joke! Short of installing a different Trans there is no good fix for it, only “patching”? We did what we could to it to make it serviceable for our application and to date is working, though it needs to be constantly inspected and the TBO is yet to be determined. If it had, “good gears”, an inner pinion support bearing, a true pinion carrier asm and a case that separated other than at the load centerline (like the 269 MRT & TRT) it would have been a good unit. The same goes for the TRT! This is what happens when a draftsman and not an engineer designs helicopters!!
I believe these pictures will speak for theirself!
I could go on and on with the problems with the mini in its original configuration. The frame had design flaws that were unrepairable with “patches”. The only fix was starting over with a new frame. The MRT is a joke! Short of installing a different Trans there is no good fix for it, only “patching”? We did what we could to it to make it serviceable for our application and to date is working, though it needs to be constantly inspected and the TBO is yet to be determined. If it had, “good gears”, an inner pinion support bearing, a true pinion carrier asm and a case that separated other than at the load centerline (like the 269 MRT & TRT) it would have been a good unit. The same goes for the TRT! This is what happens when a draftsman and not an engineer designs helicopters!!
I believe these pictures will speak for theirself!