FRENCH NAVY
Hoisting operations
2011 RESCUE HOIST GOODRICH USERS CONFERENCE ORLANDO LT Olivier MABILLE
FRENCH NAVY
HOISTING OPERATIONS
FRENCH NAVYS HELICOPTER FLEET HELICOPTERS OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY HOISTING EQUIPMENTS HOISTING PROCEDURES EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK AND TROUBLES CONCLUSION
FRENCH NAVYS HELICOPTER FLEET
ALOUETTE III MARITIME OPERATIONS COURSE GOODRICH HOIST PNEUMATICALLY POWERED CABLE LENGHT : 79 ft HOOK : LUCAS
WG13 LYNX ASW GOODRICH HOIST HYDRAULICALLY POWERED CABLE LENGHT : 164 ft HOOK : WESTLAND
FRENCH NAVYS HELICOPTER FLEET
DOLPHIN MARITIME SAR ASUW RESCUE ON CARRIER GOODRICH HOIST ELECTRICALLY POWERED CABLE LENGHT : 297 ft / 164 ft HOOK : WESTLAND / DLOK (N3)
FRENCH NAVYS HELICOPTER FLEET
EC 225 MARITIME SAR MARITIME COUNTER TERRORISM GOODRICH HOIST ELECTRICALLY POWERED CABLE LENGHT : 290 ft HOOK : DLOK
NH90 CAMAN OPERATIONAL EVALUATION ESW HOIST ELECTRICALLY POWERED CABLE LENGHT : 290 ft HOOK : PELICAN
FRENCH NAVY HELICOPTERS OPS ACTIVITY IN 2010
RESSOURCES : 50 HELICOPTERS MANPOWER : 150 PILOTS RESCUE HOISTING OPERATIONS : 3840 FLYING HOURS RESCUED PEOPLE : 491 TOTAL HOISTING OPERATIONS : 37180 TOTAL HELICOPTERS ACTIVITY : 14300 FLYING HOURS
HOISTING EQUIPMENT
RESCUE SWIMMER SAFETY HARNESS
CHARACTERISTIC
HOISTING EQUIPMENTS
1 ARM FOR UNLOCKING 2 ARMS FOR UNLOCKING
HOISTING EQUIPMENTS
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HOISTING EQUIPMENTS
FLOATING RESCUE STRECHER
HOISTING EQUIPMENTS
RESCUE NET
HOISTING PROCEDURES
ALL MARITIME HOISTING OPERATION
CREW FOR HOISTING OPERATION : ONE OR TWO PILOTS, ONE HOIST OPERATOR, ONE RESCUE SWIMMER AT THE APRON AFTER START : HOIST CHECK OVERHEAD THE SHIP : RESCUE SWIMMER = FIRST TO DESCEND / LAST TO CLIMB ROUGH SEAS = USE OF TRAIL LINE DRYING THE WIRE ROPE AFTER LANDING
HOISTING PROCEDURES
MARITIME RESCUE OPERATIONS
SAR CREW : STANDARD CREW + ONE MEDIC, + ONE PARAMEDIC, ONE MORE RESCUE SWIMMER IF SAILING SHIP HOISTING AT SEA : RESCUE SWIMMER HOISTED, NO JUMP RESCUE SWIMMER + INJURED PEOPLE = CLIMB TOGETHER
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
WIRE ROPE
LESS TROUBLES OF BIRD CAGING PHENOMENA IN 2010 USE OF THE RESCUE HOIST GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ON EC225 (RHGSE - ZEPHYR INTERNATIONAL) FOR CONDITIONING, DRYING, LUBRIDRYING, INSPECTIONS, ETC SEVERAL INCIDENTS (ABRASION) DURING HOISTING OPERATIONS ON SHIP (EC225) DUE TO ROTOR BLAST + D-LOK HOOK.
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOIST
HIGH SPEED VARIATION (EC225 / NH90) = ++ MAINTENANCE PART 145 WITH EUROCOPTER COOPERATION CHECK AND INSPECTIONS WITHOUT REMOVAL TROUBLE EC225 HOIST = DETERIORATION CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY
HOIST
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
DETERIORATION OF THE CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY
HOIST
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES DETERIORATION OF THE
CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK
USE OF WESTLAND HOOK SINCE 1993 (WG13, DOLPHIN, SUPER FRELON) = NO TROUBLES USE OF DLOK HOOK (EC225 and DOLPHIN N3) AND PELICAN HOOK (NH90) SINCE 2009 = TROUBLES
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK WESTLAND HOOK
CAUGHT AREA
NO CAUGHT AREA PREVENT ROLL OUT PHENOMENA
BEFORE MOD
AFTER MOD
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK
EXEMPLE OF OUR WORKING CONDITIONS Movie sar.wmv
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK
EC225
DLOK HOOK
NO CAUGHT AREA PREVENT ROLL OUT PHENOMENA EQUIPMENT RING DUAL LOCKING DEVICE
DOLPHIN N3
NO GRAB RING
WITH GRAB RING
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK DLOK HOOK
INCONVENIENTS FOR FRENCH NAVY RESCUE SWIMMERS DUAL LOCKING DEVICE ERGONOMICS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SWIMMER HARNESS = NEED TO OPEN QUICKLY THE HOOK OPENING WITH 2 FINGERS VERY DIFFICULT WITH GLOVES AND IN COLD WATER OR IN COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS SEVERAL JAMMING EVENTS ON DUAL LOCKING DEVICE AND BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT RING AND BUCKLE OF THE HARNESS
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK
WESTLAND VS DLOK
Movie westlandvsdlok.wmv
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK
NH90 CAMAN 2 CAUGHT AREAS DOESNT PREVENT ROLL OUT PHENOMENA
PELICAN HOOK
NO GRAB RING
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK PELICAN HOOK
INCONVENIENTS FOR FRENCH NAVY RESCUE SWIMMERS 2 CAUGHT AREAS = DANGER FOR HOISTING ON SHIP RISK OF PULLING OUT FOR FINGERS AND HANGING WITH THE WIRE ROPE OF STRECHER WITH THE SECONDARY HOOK
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES
HOOK PELICAN HOOK
INCONVENIENTS FOR FRENCH NAVY RESCUE SWIMMERS JAMMING EVENTS BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT RING AND BUCKLE OF THE HARNESS LACK OF SIGNALISATION OF THE HOOK ASSEMBLY FOR HOIST OPERATOR AND FOR RESCUE SWIMMER
CURENTLY
PROJECT
CONCLUSION
PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERTISE OF GOODRICH COOPERATION NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION TO SOLVE THE FRENCH NAVYS HOOKS TROUBLES THE FRENCH NAVY HELICOPTERS CREWS PROUD AND CONFIANT USE THE GOODRICH EQUIPMENTS HOISTING OPERATIONS IN NORMAL AND EXTREME CONDITIONS FOR SAVING LIVES.
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