PS Magazine - JULY 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 356
JULY 1982
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High winds, rain, snoW and ice ca± tear up youR OH-6A's maIn. rotor
t²edown³ ThE´ water ColLects in the PLastkcup, freezes and d;µages not onLy the
tiedo¶n, but the r·tor bLades as ¸eLl³
No sweat, t¹o³ Mrº »ouis A³¼³
½ohd¾¿ Àrmy Aviation Supp·rt FÁciLiÂ
ty in ½apid Ãity¿ SD, has
a
soLution for
t¹¾ probÄem³ H¾ mad¾ his own ti¾Å
dÆwn t· r¾pLace t¹e original pLastic
Bend
15° angle
Pk
·
•
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/
bend Bend
_ ±² .³´
90° 4±
.
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flyaway item³
-
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iv
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e
µ
ts
¶¸
angle anGlE
here he¹e
.
±
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.
counte¹sunk
on
,
insiDE
His id¾a has b¾¾n approved by
TSAÇÃOM and caLLs for a harness
mad¾ from aLuminum, rubb¾r sh¾etÈ
ing and ph¾nolic (Laminat¾d) pLastic³
Tɾ itemÊs op¾nËended¿ which stops
watÌr from c·lLecting in th¾ tiedown³
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18W'
Vºin sHeet ¹u»»e¹
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gLued to insi¼e
of tiedown
CoLLa¹
bend
½
¾¿5° angLe
1%"
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Rivets (fo¹ »¹acket toÊcolla¹)
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Fighter
Dear Editor.
Adhesive (Ëu»»e¹
to aLuminum)
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9320Å00Å0É7Å9Î20
(ÏlueÐ to InsIde
of TIedownÑ
We
·
used to stand on the biRd's cowl assembly to work on the Huey's main
roTor±
²he possibIity of the cowl being damaged or ch³pped ANd debris faLing iNto
the engine
´
intake wAs Reaµ¶
But no more! We bu¸t a work pµatFrm thAt eliminAtes this problem¹
I·.
3Ò"
º»¼½
'
1É"
Ó'X 12"x12
\oi
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FeÔT ÕaÐ cent
y
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1É"
UNÐÖ×NeØÙÚ
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2"x2"x15"
T
4"
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Ûse %ÅIn
plywooÐ
Paint the finished platFRm yeLow with black stR³pes º»ith Red µettering and
you got yourse¼ a haNdy plAtform½
S¾C ¿awrence
J¾
À
Áimone
COrpus Ch_Risti Ârmy
Ã
Depot
(Ed note:
A
gooD way to preve²t foreig² object Damage³ The pltform aLso
gives you the ²eeDeD height to i²spect the rotor heaD proper´³)
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