26 February, 2019: AMS Heli Design, a premier aviation engineering development and interior certification company has come up with a revolutionary concept for the helicopter shipping that will allow shipment of helicopters in standard 40ft containers with tailboom installed, providing incredible savings in shipping cost.
The device comprises of a frame with a lifting device hydraulically operated and electrically controlled that can be used on different helicopter models.
The major advantages of the device are that the platform can be reused for an unlimited number of times and can be rented out, tailboom will not have to be removed for shipping, landing gear and helicopter crating can be easily removed, a single standard tall 40ft open top container can be used, the platform can be used to jack the helicopter for landing gear inspections or other maintenance activities where jacks are not available and can be used to make the helicopter mobile with landing gear removed.
The device also comes with a converter for 230/110V so that it can be used internationally.
Andrea Girolin, CEO of AMS Heli Design said, “When we had to deliver two AW119Kx EMS to South Africa, we conceived the idea and developed a mobile shipping platform with an integrated lifting device which allows shipping in a standard 40ft container with tailboom installed in order to save time and money. The outcome was impressive for the easy operational use and for the shipment itself that becomes much easier. Furthermore, time saving is massive and there are no disassembly/reassembly tools required.”