Customer Spotlight on Helicopters Canada - Nicknamed the "Gateway of the North, " North Bay Ontario is a perfect Canadian getaway with its stunning parks, lakes, beaches and winter trail systems. The city originated as a rail yard for the Canadian Pacific. Bearings Update for 206 Series Tail Rotor Blades - Due to supply chain challenges, we are temporarily out of the Aurora WC-6TG-10 bearings used in the 206 series tail rotor blades.
We expect to have them back in stock in first quarter of 2022. T&B Guidelines for VHA Main Rotor Blades - To assist operators in their goal of a smooth and painless track & balance experience, VHA engineers recently compiled a set of procedures and best practices for performing track & balance on VHA 206B/L main.
We expect to have them back in stock in first quarter of 2022. T&B Guidelines for VHA Main Rotor Blades - To assist operators in their goal of a smooth and painless track & balance experience, VHA engineers recently compiled a set of procedures and best practices for performing track & balance on VHA 206B/L main.
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Van Horn Aviation, L.L.C. (VHA) is a privately-owned small business of fewer than 50 employees with corporate offices and production facilities located in Tempe, Arizona. Incorporated in 2001 by founder and CEO Jim Van Horn, VHA specializes in the design, testing, certification, and manufacture of composite rotor blades for various helicopters.
Our Mission
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At Van Horn Aviation, we design, certify, and manufacture composite rotor blades that improve the fiscal and physical performance of various legacy helicopters. Our mission is to produce composite rotor blades that breathe new life into legacy aircraft. We strive to give aircraft owners and pilots an overall better experience when flying their VHA blades compared to the OEM metal blades.
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Due to supply chain challenges, we are temporarily out of the Aurora WC-6TG-10 bearings used in the 206 series tail rotor blades. We expect to have them back in stock in first quarter of 2022. To assist operators in their goal of a smooth and painless track & balance experience, VHA engineers recently compiled a set of procedures and best practices for performing track & balance on VHA 206B/L main.
Acoustics Testing
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Our 206B/L and OH-58 composite tail rotor blades can decrease the overall noise signature of the helicopter by up to 41 percent. As part of the FAA certification for the 206B tail rotor blade, VHA was required to test the helicopter's overall noise level with the VHA blades installed. A 206B fitted with the OEM tail rotor made several passes over calibrated noise measurement equipment to establish baseline noise levels.
Fatigue Testing
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To obtain an STC on a life-limited part such as a rotor blade, the FAA requires several types of testing to be performed. As a requirement for FAA certification, VHA designed a fatigue test fixture to pull, push and twist the blade, simulating ground-air-ground cycles and other flight forces that a blade endures during its life.
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