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B-174265 1 (1971-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabldz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REwtUICTED Xa Wt to bo rneased eutld the general o'7 6 AceamptUng Office except an thie bosis effic a Wh07 _ Wo- *f CongrTail.rn. Rt.. si R ELEASED ,, FI ERG N R LO T 3 WASHINGTON. 0l.6. B-174265 'NV//A 71 Dear Mr. Moss: In reply to your September 2.8,,1971., letter about Mr. Patrick J. Schiavo's suggestion to remove fairings from combat helicopters and his appeal for an incentive award, we are of the opinion that the Army was justlfed in turning down the suggestion and ihn denying payment. There are two basic reasons for this conclusion, either of which supports the Army's position--Mr. Schiavo was not the originator of the idea of operating OH-6A helicopters with fairings re- moved, and the Army repeatedly disapproved the idea because tests show that removal of fairings degrades performance of the aircraft. There is no approved modification program on record to provide for the operation of OH-6A helicopters with all fairings removed. In a message dated December 20, 1967, the Research and Demyelp-puLent Division at the U.S. Army Aviation Command, St. Louis, Missouri, directed the U.S. Army Aviation Test Ac- tivity, Edwards Air Force Base, California, to prepare a test plan to evaluate the OH-6A with all fairings simultaneously removed and individually removed. This was an attempt by the Army to resolve recurring technical and ma:ntenance prob- lems with OH-6A fairings. The test plan was published in April 1968, and test results were reported in July 1969. The 1967 message and the 1968 test plan both predated Mr. Schiavo's suggestion, but the 1969 test results did not. This fact could have been confusing to both Mr. Schiavo and the Army, particularly since neither he nor the administra- tive personnel handling his suggestion appeared to have knowl- edge of the Army's prior concern with.OH-6A fairings. Also Mr. Schiavo submitted both an engineering proposal and an in- centive award suggestion at about the same time through dif- ferent channels. This probably led to some confusion, since a reply to one did not necessarily constitute a reply to the other. The test results showed that it was feasible to operate OH-6A helicopters with fairings removed but that they operated at decreased speed and range and at increased fuel consumption. 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971. -5 2-c>

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