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| Assembly work on 618, in
March 2010, included checks on the opening rear clamshell doors (above
left) and the central, downward-hinged, passenger airstairs. The cabin interior was cleared, apart from the seating
units (above centre) and the external fuel tanks were
refitted. The cabin heater unit was installed forward of the
starboard fuel tank (above right). |
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| The main gearbox, which had been
re-installed on arrival, was thoroughly cleaned and refurbished later
in 2010 |
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The tail rotor pylon was refitted in
mid-October 2010, closely followed by the two horizontal
stabilisers. |
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On 13th November 2010 the three tail
rotor blades were hoisted into position and attached to the rotorhead. |
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| On 9th April 2011, 618
was pushed out into the sparkling spring sunshine to allow the
swashplate assembly (above
centre) and the main rotor head (above
right) to be lowered onto the main gearbox
drive shaft spline which had been cleaned and lightly greased (above
left). The pitch control linkages were then
replaced. |
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