• Mission

Main description

Faster, Further, Safer.
Eurocopter is proud to present the new addition to the Super Puma helicopter product line – the high performance EC225. This 11 ton helicopter benefits from the proven experience of the Super Puma family and integrates all the latest technological innovations. The 2 new TURBOMECA MAKILA 2A engines, the improved main gear box, the new highly aerodynamic efficient 5-bladed rotor gives this machine more power, increased payload, longer range and faster cruise speed.

• is simply stated by the following:

  

  A continually improving support structure that is both responsive and sensitive to individual operational concerns.
  Efficiency and flexibility are also key components in the support of Eurocopter products across the globe.
  The following best sums up our straightforward approach:

  • A worldwide service network of 15 subsidiaries, complemented by more than 100 distributors, representatives, training centers, repair and overhaul facilities and maintenance centers.

  • Customer assistance available round-the-clock, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

  • A world of services to meet customers needs:
    - spare parts,
    - technical assistance,
    - documentation and warranty solutions and training —at our facilities or yours.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  Maintenance

  Maintenance made easy

  The Super Puma  family has built up 3,307 000 million flight-hours of experience all around the world and under all weather onditions, even on the most demanding maritime environments.
  The result is a proven and acknowledged maintenance experience, on which Eurocopter developed the EC225 maintenance program that gives the operator more flexibility to schedule inspections. This new scheduling enables the  operator to forecast their costs more precisely and allows better management of their activity.
  The maintenance program of the EC225 has moved to a clear simplification of inspection types. Operators are free to organize periodic maintenance planning according to their own activity.
  

  • No mechanic check necessary before 15 flight-hours (or 7 days). The pilot himself can perform the pre-flight or inter-flight checks.
    
  • Reduction in the number and the type of inspections. Different operations can be grouped together and performed at a fixed date.
    
  • Only periodical inspections every 75 hours and 750 hours (or 24 months).
    
  • General Overhaul is suppressed and replaced by a special corrosion inspection after 15 years.
    
  • The current Super Puma operators can utilize around 70% of their tools on the EC225. Part of the other tools can be adapted.
    
  • Regarding avionics, the amount of built-in tests and the provided documentation allow the operators to perform trouble-shooting by themselves without the need of specific tooling. Avionics maintenance units (ground station) can be provided - or - is an available option for data down-loading and easier troubleshooting.
    

  The whole maintenance documentation of the EC225 is available on CD-ROM.