Your right Dennis the blades are included in the overhaul. Seperately
they cost $28,500 and you may recieve some credit (normally about 2400
I think) but that's it. RHC is giving some incentives but they are
very iffy. You might get a break or they may not give it to you. Any
way you slice it blades are expensive. Please read the Australian
website and write your congressman. I can't do this alone. The AD is
not based on the truth. If I were the FAA and they had to prove to me
the necessity for this AD it would have NO CHANCE AT ALL! Conversly,
if I wanted to say, come up with an alternative method for changing
oil on a plane, the FAA would MAKE ME PROVE beyond any doubt that my
method worked and worked every time. They do not require the same
rigor of themselves. For this AD they didn't provide one shred of
concrete engineering evidence. When I asked where's the research the
non-response I got was "how many more people have to die". No kidding
that's what the FAA said to me. Can you believe that? How ridiculous.
There's something very wrong going on here.

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(rotortrash) wrote:

2200 hours whatever the age. The year limit is only in the Robinson
service manual and not the type certification and therefore is not
applicable. Your blades are good for 2200 hours regardless of age.

Thanks for posting this. This is good to know.

and take lessons they have to buy 2 new sets of blades for nearly
$60,000 because the blades they currently have are over 10 years old.

2 sets = $60K
1 set = $30K
I didn't realize they were that expensive. Aren't they normally
changed as part of the 2200 hour megservice? The whole service is
only about $90K I thought.

One set still has 600 hours left. Talk about a shafting! This AD might
put a lot of training outfits out of business.

Where exactly is that hangar - what airport, city?

but rumored to have over 5000 hours on them and I haven't heard yet

I also heard rumors about using it to trim hedges and low RPM.

Dennis H.


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