PS Magazine - AUGUST 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 285
AUGUST 1976
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HUEY BLADE
INSPECTION/
WIPEDOWN .
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Dear Editor,
We've come up wiTh a better ±ay to
complY ±ith item
4.3
of²M55-1520³
210•PMS (22 Sep 75).
First, ±e applie´ soµe
TC
to our
8-
1 maintenance ¶tand· We pA´´ed the
to¸ rail¶ ±ith ¹-in felt, covered ±ith
old fire hoseº
»¼½:.¾¿ÀÁÂÃ
¼½
¾
¿
place stand 90° to huey .
ÄÄ
± ± ² 1 blade lenGth away³
²o per»rm the ±ipedo±n and
¼
inspection, ±e first ¸osition the stand
90° to the UH½1 HAnd one blade length
a±aY¾ ²he cre± chief check¶ that Area
and then moves the ¶tAnd in 5-7 feet at
a time·
main rotor head is rotated 180° and
t¿e ¸rocedure i¶ re¸eated ±¿Ie movÀ
ing t¿Á stand out±ard a±AY from the
ÂueYÃ
Ädvantage¶ of this proce´ure are:
OnlY one per¶on i¶ required; it's simple
and quickÅ and it's safer than the ÄÆ
frame ladder¶
normaLY usedº ²he
¸Ad´ed raIs ¸revent blade damage if
the
±ind
or a nearbY hovering
helico¸ter Ça¸¶ t¿e 6/ade do±n onto
t¿Á raiȶ.
C¸É RoBerÉ
L±
Êortman
ËÉ OrÌÍ CÄ
-Ii
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