• Mission

Main description

State of the Art
and Experienced
Tailored for the most demanding operators, the EC225 is an 11-ton helicopter integrating all the latest technological innovations. The two TURBOMECA MAKILA 2A1 engines, the main gear box and the 5-blade rotor give this machine the power for a high payload, along range and a fast cruise speed. Its flight endurance exceeds 5 hours 30 min. Most of all, this aircraft meets the latest JAR 29 amendments, including the 30-minute dry run demonstration for the main gear box.

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  Support and Services

  At Eurocopter, supporting your helicopter operations with the highest level of excellence is our priority. We are dedicated to meeting our customers’ needs, whether it be maximizing flight revenues, ensuring public safety or saving lives. In order to provide customized services, we offer:

  • A worldwide service network of 30 subsidiaries and participations, more than 100 distributors, representatives, training centers, repair and overhaul facilities and maintenance centers around the globe, as well as logistic hubs in France, Hong Kong and the USA.
  • Customer Service Centers in Europe, Asia and the USA offering around-the-clock customer assistance, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to keep you in the skies.
  • A wide array of service solutions to meet all your needs in terms of technical support, component repair and overhaul, spare parts support, technical publications and training at Eurocopter facilities worldwide or at your own facilities.

• Maintenance made easy
  

  

  The Super Puma family has builtup 4,300,000 flight hours of experience all around the world and under all weather conditions, even in 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 operators to forecast their costs more precisely and allows better management of their activity.

  The maintenance program of the EC225 has evolved 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 5 flight hours (or 7days). 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 100 hours and 1,200 hours (or 3 years).
  • General Overhaul is 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 troubles hooting.

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