Simplex Aerospace Cleans Up with New Helicopter Power Wash System
Simplex Aerospace's Aerial Cleaning System is available for both the Bell 407 (above) and the Eurocopter AS350/355 series. The system allows operators to clean wind turbine blades and power line insulators.
Simplex Aerospace's Aerial Cleaning System is available for both the Bell 407 (above) and the Eurocopter AS350/355 series. The system allows operators to clean wind turbine blades and power line insulators.

Simplex Aerospace recently received FAA STC approval for its third-generation, high-pressure Aerial Cleaning System (ACS), used in the cleaning of power-line insulators and windmill blades. ACS, which consists of a belly water tank and a side-mounted nozzle boom, is certified for use on Eurocopter AS350 and AS355 helicopters. (A 120-gallon, second-generation power-wash system is also certified for the Bell 407.)