02-09-2026, 09:04 PM
(02-09-2026, 09:01 PM)Graeme Smith Wrote:(02-09-2026, 08:45 PM)Jared Hartzell Wrote: Wow, glad to hear everyone is okay and thank you very much for sharing it with use Graeme! Yes, it's been proven time and time again that it is a very crashworthy airframe in terms of survivability. We just need to find ways to reduce mechanical failures even further, so I'm on board with identifying a suitable tail rotor belt replacement.
I have a few questions:
1. How old was the belt that failed? from the time I received them approx 2.5 yerars
2. Was the helicopter stored indoors away from elements and UV light? Yes always stored in my shed
3. How many hours (TT) on the helicopter? about 65
4. What brand of belts were installed? The belts were supplied by Robin
5. Are there temperature indicators installed on the pulleys? If so, was the highest indicated temperature reached? Don't know yet as the wreck is being held till it can be formally examined by CASA
I'd like to start tracking this kind of data whenever I can. I'll try to scrub information on accidents over time to see if we can create some useful statistics and charts with machine learning/AI tools (I will post them here). However, we'd need enough data for it to work reliably, this could take many years to gather. So if anyone is reading this that knows details of an accident, feel free to create a thread in this forum, even if it occurred many years ago!
Thank you for the prompt response. Let us know what CASA finds!