PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 231
FEBRUARY 1972
Want to boggle a chopper caballero's mind? Then have a cargo door Mess up the
main or tail rotor blades!
DId you check the door sLI±es for daMage, securIty an± grease-easy operatIon ON
YourP²D?
³Ike Maybe the ±oor does the stutter step when
opeNIng an± closIng. Could be YoUr Hueybird Needs
a New tracK.
²ore'N LIkelY´ tho, yOu nee± to reMove the alUµ
MINuM
alloy
slIder
assembly P¶·
204¸030¸220¸1,
turN it upsIde down, an± re¸INstall It.
CHECK
SLIDER'S
NYLON
InSeRT
¹hat slI±er has a NyloN Insert that ºaKes the bacK a»d
¼
forth door trIp a lot easIer'N
a scag drag. But If the INsert Is worn out oN the bottoº si±e, just turn the sLI±er upsIde
±own aN± get oN wIth the MIssIon.
A wOrN½out INsert MeaNs Me¾al¸to-MetaL wear, a looser fIt, paint freaK out, aN± aN
INVItatION for the ±oor to dO the spLIt bIt.
¿t Makes a heap o' seNse tO rotate the slIder Or Use a New $6.92 slI±e assEMÀLy
ra¾her ¾haN to LOse a Áuey carGo doorÂaNd Maybe your roÃor bla±es Ä.
. or eVeN the
ÀIr± ItseLf.
4
r.
d±a² Wi³´y,
Åou caN Æasso Yourself a her± Of trouble If yOu fu±Ge the
fIxIn' of the weIgh¾ baGs on yoUr Huey (ÇHÈÉ) MaIN roÃor
¾Ie-dowN.
Soºe Ghost rIders rouN± Up aNythiNg heavYÂlIKe rocks,
bOlts aNd other solI±
¼
ÊIeces of metalÄ ¹hey ¾heN stuff these
MaVerIcKs INto the torN bag aNd wrap It wIth MaskING tËpe.
¿f thIs Outlaw weIGht taNgles wIth the bLade ±urIng tIe-±owN
It caN braN± It wIth a bIG ±ent thatÌLL send the MaIN rotor bÆade
Ão Boot HIlLÍ
BucKshot Is use± In the bags so If the weIGht shoul± hI¾ the
Î bLade, the shot taKes the bLow, not the blade.
WheN yOur weIghts begIN to go, put oN yoUr bIg whIte hat
aNd gaLlop on down Ão Your locaL canVas repaIr shOp. Have
theM Grab a haNdfuL of buckshot, sand Or other shocK-absorb¸
·
ING bag fILLer aN± sew It Up.
µf a tail ²oto² bla´± ´ata plat± is ¶ost ´u²i³g a hu±ybi²´ Fig·t¸ ca³ w± sti¹
us± t·± bla´± if a¹ ·isto²ica¶ ²±co²´s s·ow ³o²mal mai³t±³a³c±?
W·atºs t·± pitc· ·±²±, Wi³´y?
»¼½ J
¾
¿À BÁ
Dear SergeaNt J. WÄ B.,
Ï lost data pÐate Is a No¸sweat deal provI±ed all bIrd Log ÀooK poop shows that the
blade Is servIceable and wIthIn Its maXIMum allowable operatING time (²Aѹ).
ÒCourse, Sarge, you shouLd or±er a replacement ±ata pLate, FS· Ó6É5-060¸2034.
Ñrder a cOuplÔ eXtra plates. ÅoU never Know when YoU'lL need Õ'eM
ÅoUr DS unIt wIll ImprInt the data on
the pLate and stIcK It oN your blade.
Ït the
same
tIMe,
bucK
an
ÂÃÄ
to
Ï ÖSCѲ. CouL± be there's a better way
to glue the pLate to the bladeÄ
I
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