R22

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive for certain Robinson Helicopter models because of problems in the field involving the tip cap of the tail rotor blade.

The maintenance notice affects R44 and R22 series helicopters.

A lack of supply has restricted the rotorcraft manufacturer’s ability to test unleaded avgas in certain R44 models.

The engineer and pilot who founded Robinson Helicopter Company and created the R22, R44, and R66 has hovered west.

The OEM has delivered more than 1,100 of the light turbine helicopter model, with nearly 1.5 million engine hours on the Rolls-Royce RR300.

When an engineer proposes a truly new solution to an entrenched problem, a chorus of naysayers inevitably arises from the midst of any nods of appreciation. The FAA, in fact, has produced processes for accepting such departures from common thinking—often found under the “alternate means of compliance” route in aircraft certification—but those manufacturers that have […]