PS Magazine - AUGUST 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 345
AUGUST 1981
a
-
live
training missile on the rail of your
Chaparral missile system, slide it
·
along the rail with just enough force to
seat it oVer the deTent pin.
You'll hear a click when it seats.
Doubleche±k by eyeballing the
alinement circle on the rail² ³he upper
tip of the forward hanger cutout edge
should be at the circle (see Fig 1 Lb,
Page 2´52 of _³M 9µ14¶5¸586´10).
³he pOint is, if the missile doesn't
seat¹ it won't fire. Also, it'll mess up
12
Reason: If you or someone else
sºar»s the MPU wit¼½he grouNd wire
disconnected, you won¾t be able to stop
it unless you connect the ground. It¾ll
run till the fuel is exhausted ¿.
. and if
the oil, kiss the MPÀ
BatTeries
Batteries need servicing as spelled ÁÂt Ãn Chaps ¶,3 anÄ4of³M 9Å1425´586´
10 .
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If you
Ç
ignore battery service and don't do it befÈre operations and weekly as
the ³M says, your Éatteries will go down. So will part of the system.
For best performance, batteries should be matched in specific gravity and
voltage
Ê
(Para ¶¸98, Page 2´148, ³M 9´1450´585´20 .
ChaËge
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your batteries with the
MPU When they are in use (inÍ
stalleÎ) .
.. and keep them charged.
You can help do that by operating
the system with the MPU wheneveÏ
you can. Ðimit battery use to when you
really need it.
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