skidkid said:It is hard to remove the carbon when the exhuast goes right onto the tail boom.
skidkid said:That problem will be adressed by the new exhaust system. It is hard to remove the carbon when the exhuast goes right onto the tail boom. Oh and it also helps survivability adn tailboom life.
ChuckMK23 said:Any commercial helo job one of your last tasks at the end of your shift is to scrub the tailboom (long handled truck scrub brush) with detergent and hose down.
skidkid said:Well Ill just cross that off the lsit of possible jobs-jsut kidding well sort of. That would never work at an HMLA, it would cut into our crush the LTs debriefs that we are famous for.
skidkid said:actually if I am not mistaken your exhaust nozzles are directed away from your tailboom where ours currently are directed right at it. This has been ID'd as an issue on the Z/Y it was actually heating up the tailboom and weakening the metal so there will be new IR supressors that turn the exhuat out and and away from the boom and thus less carbon.
All our washrack work is done by onctractors unless on the boat and let me tell you how hard it is to get fresh water to wash birds on the boat.