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Planning Engineering Controls for Helicopters

Planning for helicopters varies from other aircraft. Rotor wing aircraft (helicopters) don't necessarily follow the same one-flight-per-cycle system. For a helicopter, one cycle may contain multiple landings. Some helicopters also contain equipment that is utilized during flights that must also be tracked separately from the airframe's cycles and hours (such as hoist time, hook time, hoist cycles, and hook cycles). These additional measurements can be tracked through E/Cs as defined in the Engineering Control, Schedule tab.

The following is an example of how the schedule of a helicopter impacts an Engineering Control's Due Date in the Planning Query.

To begin, notice the following Engineering Control was created. In the Schedule tab, the common schedule fields are displayed. Notice that the helicopter-specific fields are not visible.

The E/C is then made effective to a helicopter Type/Series via the Engineering Effectivity Override window.

Note: An Aircraft Type/Series is designated as helicopters by selecting the Rotor Wing checkbox in the A/C Type/Series, General Tab.

Because the E/C is now effective to helicopters, additional helicopter-specific tracking fields become available. The E/C can have First and Repeat Schedules that account for Landings, Hoist Times, Hook Time, Hoist Cycles, and Hook Cycles.

In this example, the E/C will track Landings.

From the A/C Schedule Flight window, the helicopter contains helicopter-specific measurements that will be accrued daily, such as Mean Landings. These daily averages will help determine Due Dates for the aircraft in the Planning Query.

eMRO's A/C Planning is typically conducted within ePlanning or Planning Control. ePlanning is used in the following example, notice that the E/C's Landings are being tracked. The E/C has not yet accrued any Actuals.

Note: This field will change depending on the helicopter measurement selected in the E/C's Schedule tab (above).

From the A/C Actual Flights window in eMRO, a flight has been input for the helicopter, including the number of Landings.

A/C Actual Flights Closing is then run.

In ePlanning, notice the E/C has accrued Landings from the above flight, and the Due Date has been calculated based on the Mean Landings specified in the A/C Schedule Flight window.