Wire Strike Protection System (WSPS) - The Cutting Edge of Helicopter Safety
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- čas přidán 20. 12. 2011
- Magellan designs and manufactures the Wire Strike Protection System (WSPS®). It's the cutting edge in helicopter safety helping to reduce accidents and fatalities caused by wire strikes. Our Operating Division Bristol is the global expert for this unique system with more than 30 years of experience and 20,000 kits delivered.
The WSPS is designed to guides wires over the fuselage into high tensile steel cutting blades. It is comprised of:
Upper cutter
Lower cutter
Windshield deflector
Bristol works directly with helicopter OEMs to design kits that interface with each helicopter's unique airframe. The WSPS is designed and tested to function as a protection system. The US Army thoroughly tested WSPS using a pendulum swing test at the NASA Impact Dynamic Test Facility in Langley. No other product has the same technical heritage as the WSPS.
The WSPS has more than 30 years of experience with proven results:
More than 20,000 kits delivered
Available for more than 65 models of military and commercial helicopters
Maintenance free and passive system
I've been trying to find these in action to see how well they work, this video is the best i have found anywhere online, 90% of our helicopters have these.
"The cutting edge of helicopter safety...."
Edit: Glad to know I'm not gonna die now.
I cringed every time they said it.
That’s what I call cutting edge technology
Ha!!! 😅
Really cool to see those close ups of the cutter in action.
Never knew those were wire cutters. Always thought they were some kind of antennas.
I always wondered what those little spikes on bell 407s where.
Not just 407s. I knew what they were, but when I was a kid, I used to think they were radio antennae!😅
@@mickmuzzmkmz1628 same lol
Speed snips 😂
Learned something on Christmas 2019, 👍.
Stands ready at the “cutting edge” of helicopter safety
Haha cutting edge...I get it...
Thanks!
Freaking awesome.
I see they used Unigraphics 15 to design and engineer this device. Parametric modelling excellence.
That blade must be extremely sharp to cut a thick wire that easily.
Speed helps
@@AndreBSaba and lines tension
Fascinating.
It is actually in Piney Flats TN.
Had these on our MD 500E glad we never tested them.
It's very reliable.
LOOK DADDY IT'S UNICORN !
nice pun
Wouldn't the rotors hit the wires first anyways?
i imagine it would depend on the angle the helicopter is flying relative to the ground
surely youd see wires if you were flyin straight into them
steff serpent never
@@stivi739lol not always
depends on what angle and speed
is this mike rowe's narration?
Probably. Sounds like him, and he did freelance voiceover work through the '90s.
Surprised the top part isn’t higher and closer to the rotor… what happens when the rope goes above it 🥶🥶
it can't get any closer or it could be hit by the blades, since the rotor disk doesn't stay still. If the wire strikes in that gap...normally it ends up really bad.
what if the wire is above the cutter and below the rotor?
If that happens it means you've run out of luck. However, a patent was issued in 1994 for such a situation, whereby the rotor arms are equipped with wire cutters. Not clear if it has reached application yet.
Is the narrator Mike Rowe?
No
Probably. He did voiceover work for anybody who would pay him for a long time before he got his famous TV show.
ah yes bristol uk
"The WSPS stands ready,
'at the cutting edge of...' "
Don't quit your day job.
Your stupidity strikes again...
reddit swag
now all they need is an engine failer protection systen so anyone can flay a helicopter.......
It's called twin engines helis and no, not anybody can fly a helicopter regardless how good the engine is.
Nothing..wasted effort money and time..
Still won't save pilot's career , if strike is deemed to be result of pilot error. Afterward, no service will alow pilot to fly , no helicopter private company will hire him as pilot, and no aerospace insurance will write a policy for him.
Ok… better to be alive and have to find a new job then dead on fire in a pile of wreckage from something that could have been prevented with a couple aftermarket accessories.