Mon, Sep 13, 2010
Reevaluation Of Life Limited Parts Led To The Removal Of 14
Items From The List
Bell Helicopter says it has significantly reduced direct
operating costs for 407 operators by removing a series of life
limited parts from its maintenance manual. As part of an ongoing
effort to reduce direct maintenance costs on the Bell 407, a team
of engineers has reevaluated life limited items listed in
Maintenance Manual Chapter 4 to ensure operators are able to take
full advantage of Bell products and more effectively operate their
aircraft.
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"Bell Helicopters are used around the
globe, and it is our goal to provide our customers with the safest,
most reliable and cost-effective mission solution," said Danny
Maldonado, senior vice president and chief service officer. "We
recognize the importance of direct maintenance costs to ensuring a
profitable mission for our customers. Through this effort we are
able to reduce the cost of operating and maintaining the aircraft,
without compromising safety."
Bell has removed 14 items from the life
limited section of the 407 Maintenance Manual, which along
with an adjustment to the on-condition section will result in
a reduction of more than 12 percent per flight hour to the
published direct maintenance cost estimate, while maintaining the
highest life level of stress margin, Bell says. A revision to the
Bell 407 Maintenance Manual (Chapter 4) has been published on the
website.
"At Bell we are on a mission to make
our customers successful. We are making every effort to ensure our
aircraft remain competitive in the marketplace and that Bell
operators are fully supported throughout the entire lifecycle of
their aircraft," said Maldonado.
"This, combined with the recently
released power-plus STC, is one more example of Bell's continuing
effort to add value to our customers' mission through increased
performance and operational cost savings at no cost to them," said
Larry D. Roberts, senior vice president commercial business.
Bell Helicopter says it has added
performance capabilities on the 407 with the 407 Plus Power
Program. This is an STC that draws on excess power available from
the 407's Rolls-Royce 250-C47B engine allowing an increase of the
407's useful load by more than 400 pounds. Bell is pursuing further
enhancements for this proven performer.
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