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

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DOLPHIN MARITIME SAR ASUW RESCUE ON CARRIER GOODRICH HOIST ELECTRICALLY POWERED CABLE LENGHT : 297 ft / 164 ft HOOK : WESTLAND / DLOK (N3)

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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

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FLOATING RESCUE STRECHER

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RESCUE NET

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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.

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HOIST

HIGH SPEED VARIATION (EC225 / NH90) = ++ MAINTENANCE PART 145 WITH EUROCOPTER COOPERATION CHECK AND INSPECTIONS WITHOUT REMOVAL TROUBLE EC225 HOIST = DETERIORATION CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY

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EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES

DETERIORATION OF THE CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY

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EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK TROUBLES DETERIORATION OF THE

CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY

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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

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HOOK WESTLAND HOOK
CAUGHT AREA

NO CAUGHT AREA PREVENT ROLL OUT PHENOMENA

BEFORE MOD

AFTER MOD

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HOOK

EXEMPLE OF OUR WORKING CONDITIONS Movie sar.wmv

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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

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HOOK

WESTLAND VS DLOK

Movie westlandvsdlok.wmv

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HOOK
NH90 CAMAN 2 CAUGHT AREAS DOESNT PREVENT ROLL OUT PHENOMENA

PELICAN HOOK

NO GRAB RING

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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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