Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 527513 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:45:36 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.66; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20041111134500.BAPO2398.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:45:00 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Belts- nobody's perfect Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 07:45:00 -0600 Message-ID: <013701c4c7f4$a3b285b0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0138_01C4C7C2.591815B0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0138_01C4C7C2.591815B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thomas Jakits=20 (I have abour 5000 hrs flying time in front of belts double-v-typ as = the only means of powertransfer from the engine to the rotor....)=20 =20 =20 Sorry, but this showed up in my Avweb email, and I couldn't resist. =20 Rusty =20 =20 R-22 Drive-Belt Problem Focus Of Probe =20 The Canadian Transportation Safety Board is trying to figure out why the drive belt came off a Robinson R-22 helicopter, resulting in a crash = that killed its pilot in August. The chopper suffered the "sudden loss of = power" over a lake on Vancouver Island. Spokesman Bill Yearwood said that = although the pilot initiated autorotation, he apparently flared too high and the aircraft plunged vertically into McGyver Lake, near Campbell River. = Yearwood said safety board technicians have spent the last couple of months going through the helicopter's drive system to see if the problem is a design fault or a maintenance error. He did say the belt appears to be the = wrong size for the helicopter. Technicians are also examining the electrically operated belt-tensioning system. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0138_01C4C7C2.591815B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Thomas = Jakits 
 (I have abour 5000 hrs flying = time in=20 front of belts double-v-typ as the only means of powertransfer from the = engine=20 to the rotor....) 
 
 
Sorry, but this showed up in my Avweb = email, and I=20 couldn't resist.
 
Rusty
 
 
R-22 Drive-Belt = Problem Focus Of=20 Probe
 
The Canadian=20 Transportation Safety Board is trying to figure out why the drive belt = came off=20 a Robinson R-22 helicopter, resulting in a crash that killed its pilot = in=20 August. The chopper suffered the "sudden loss of power" over a lake on = Vancouver=20 Island. Spokesman Bill Yearwood said that although the pilot initiated=20 autorotation, he apparently flared too high and the aircraft plunged = vertically=20 into McGyver Lake, near Campbell River. Yearwood said safety board = technicians=20 have spent the last couple of months going through the helicopter's = drive system=20 to see if the problem is a design fault or a maintenance error. He did = say the=20 belt appears to be the wrong size for the helicopter. Technicians are = also=20 examining the electrically operated belt-tensioning=20 system.  
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