Repair Station Zero
Need to repair a helicopter?
An inseparable part of any helicopter life is a repair or an overhaul. Although it sounds easy, a general overhaul, for example, requires the complete disassembly of the helicopter from the whole frame. I was very impressed when, for the first time. I saw a tangle of wiring sticking out of all the helicopter inspection holes. A few years later I joined the LOM PRAHA helicopter overhaul company, and I realised that those wiring tangles are not as difficult as they look. LOM PRAHA state enterprise specialises in overhauls and general overhauls of Russian origin Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters. The first is a light utility chopper, the middle two are famous heavyweight transport helicopters and the last is an attack type. Although they were developed many years ago, they remain very popular, and Russian plants still produce modernised variants of the Mi-17 and Mi-24....