A.V. Khazov, Supervisory Board Chairman of Aviation Company «VITYAZ-AERO» shared his experience in operating a modernized splashplate (8-1960-000) installed on the helicopter Mi-8MTV-1 (RA-22986).

«I hereby inform you that our company has already been successfully operating a modernized splashplate 8-1960-000 manufactured by JSC SMPP (hereinafter referred to as AP 8-1960-000), installed on a Mi-8MTV-1 helicopter RA-22986 for one year. The operation of the aircraft takes place in severe climatic conditions of rapid temperature changes and rarefied mountain air. Currently, operating time of AP 8-1960-000 is 329 hours . While operating splashplate 8-1960-000 showed an excellent performance and we have no complaints about it, thanks to a number of advantages compared to its predecessor, namely:

- increased reliability due to new design of push rod linkage 

- the durability of the framework is increased;

- the weight of the part has been reduced by 5 kg;

- increased endurance indicators;

- reduced operating costs.

At present, we are considering the opportunity of our aircraft fleet further modernization in accordance with the bulletin T/AM-3339-BE-G.

We look forward to developing our long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation!»