The team at DART Aerospace has made it a priority to promote safety within today’s helicopter industry.
In a recent video, DART’s cable cutter system was used to save an aircraft and its crew from a dangerous wire strike in a rural area of Portugal. Thanks to Portugal’s initiative to pass the legislation of a mandatory installation of protection against wire strikes for certain missions, the aircraft was equipped with DART’s cable cutter system which helped avoid the worst.
With wire strikes being one of helicopters’ most hazardous risks during in-flight low-ground operations, it has been important for DART Aerospace to become a strong partner in preventing damage to helicopters and/or injury to their flight crew by developing a top-grade cable cutter system that could easily be installed on a multitude of aircraft models.
According to the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team, approximately 16 percent of all rotary-wing accidents involve wire or obstacle strikes.
DART’s cable cutter system is designed to channel a wire or cable into the cable cutter to score it as it travels into the cutter assembly in order to “cut” the wire before it entangles itself to the rotor system.
For 10 years, DART has been providing cable cutter systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and directly to operators, all while developing these systems for more than 15 aircraft models. Such models include: Leonardo AW119 and AW139; Airbus Helicopters EC135 (T2/P2/T3/P3), EC145 (T2) and AS350; Bell Helicopter 204, 205, 206 A/B/L, 212, 214, 404, and 412 models.
DART Aerospace recently received Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency approval for its cable cutter system, designed for the EC135 T3/P3 variants.
The DART EC135 (H135) cable cutter kit has a multitude of features and benefits that make it a must-have in the industry.
