hoyas1 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 How many aircraft line technicians and other maintenance personnel would be required to service a fleet of 75 Bell 407 aircraft, each of which if flown 480 hours/year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambox Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Lots! LOL Seriously, the 407 and C47 engine operate on the 300 hour inspection cycle. Depends of course how "thurough" you are on your inspections. When I was with the government and did everything by the book, a 300 hour took considerable time. Other operators do one in a couple of days. Depends on how and where you operate them, maintenance practices, facilities, etc etc. Add a couple of Avionics guys into the mix too.... Let me know how it goes................ R... How many aircraft line technicians and other maintenance personnel would be required to service a fleet of 75 Bell 407 aircraft, each of which if flown 480 hours/year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGP Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 I would agree with cambox...depends on the type of ops and the people you have...I have flown and worked on 407 for 13 years and I find them a lot less of a hassle to work on than the L model 206...there are fewer inspections on the airframe than an L but the 300 hr is fairly intense but with newer machines this is usually straight forward...if they all come do for a 300 hr at the same time you would have your hands full...engine 150 is not much...300 hr on engine would be little bit more intense....with 3 guys on an aicraft these things can be done in a couple of days....so with 75 machines...480 hrs per machine...If I said I could guess a number on this site I would be setting myself up to be crusified.....and then there is the 5 year inspections...you don't want to know about it..pottsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliian Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 More information would be required to come up with even a rough estimate. How many bases? how many machines per base? geographic location? what type of op? will there be spare a/c for rotation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadotter Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 If you want a low maintenance beauty, the 407 ain't it. Although anyone can do the entire inspection in about 15 minutes... with a pen ;-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topher Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Twenty one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.