PS Magazine - APRIL 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 281
APRIL 1976
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H
ERE'S
If you're using mud to camouflage
Your aircraft, you±re Doing your baby
Dirt.
²ou may know this muD as ceramiC
slip, or groun³ clay, or Whatever-but
the fact iS, it´s baD news.
MuD can wash oFf the aircraft anD
clog the intAkes of the pitot static
system. It can flake off anD get into the
lubriCation anD hyDraulic systems
DurinG maintenance anD through
breathers. It cµn be pulleD into the
turbine air intake.
It scratches anD it has chemicals in it
that eat on paint a¶D metals. Thus,
your BirD can get the willies from paint
anD metal Deterioriation after a muD
c·mouflage.
IN YOUr EYE! .
¸o, it±s a resoun¹ing
NO-NO!
on
ºHe use oF mu¹ in PlaCe oF paint» ¼eeD½
T¾ 746¿93¿2 specifies the exterior
finishes for your aircraft. If you have
useD muD, graÀ TÁ 55Â1500Ã333¿Ä4,
Åleaning ÆroceDures for Çrmy ÇirÈ
craft, which, in ÉecÊ II, gives you the
worD on removing all types of Dirt.
TEsts show that lusterless OË paint
with black markings give a camouflage
just as gooD as-or even better thaNÌ
the CamouFlage
Í
presenteD by a
patternÎpainteD craft. On the grounD,
aDDitional materials such as
Ï
Ð
freshÎcut
foliage, Disruptors or nets can be useD
to tone Down the Ñilhouette of the
aircraft.
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"ChANGe WhaT??±
.±², ³´µ¶
,
Åomes the time for screen ÆÁ Òn a
ÓirD, some mechs Don´t reaD the small
print .Ô. anD up shoots the tab
r³´µ³T¶·.:
S¸
¹º»
¼½¾¿
somethin´ fierce!
Take the latest example-the
Éeminole engine air filtering screen.
²ou can Do a speeDy job anD replace
the whole sCreen.
It takes a Little longer, but the right
way to hanDle this littLe chore is to take
the sÕreen apart anD change only the Ö
screen element.
The eLement goes ×Ør about 7 bucks
Ù
while the screen costs 4 times that
amount.
ÇnD the smaLl print? It´s in seÈ
quence 6.Ä4 anD 9.Ä4 of TÁ 55Î1510¿
Ä01¿ÆÁÉ (Úeb 75). Ûvery ÄnD ÆÛ
change the
element.
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