PS Magazine - JULY 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 380
JULY 1984
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Loose gear and parts lying near a helicopter give maintenance f±ks big
headaches when the rotors start turning.
Wind Fom whirling blades blows around wHatever it can.
LiKe when someone le
f
t the ²ont cowling o³ an
OH²58
near the passenger door.
SoMeone else sTaRted up the engine ³Or a maintenance check.
´he bird stayed on the ground, but the cow±ing took oµ¶-right into t·e tail
rotor blAdes.
¸esu±t¹damaged blades, gearbox, cow±ing.
So clean up the maintenance area beºre someone starts the engine. You'
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save more than the cost o³
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bott±e o³ aspirin.
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CH-47 Bubble Trouble
40
JUL 8
AH-²³
DEaL YOURsELf a SEaL
You Cobra mechs need a new seal
deal when yoU order seals fOr the
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air
inductioN baffle
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assembly²
The part
NUmbers listed in
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23P¸
for example, are on the way out³
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seal
µaterial to Use on all Cobra air induc-
tion baFfle assemblies¶
·se TM
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Appendix
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as your
authority¸
¹rder the material by the
fOot, as mUch as you need to make new
seals²
UH-´ SaFety Belµs ¶¶
hOok T±Em tO t±E SEat
Soldiers wearing rUcKsacks in Hueyº can't strap in safely if the seatbelts are
anchored to the floor²
Passenger and
µedic belts moored
to floor fittings
are too short to
hold anyone wearing
bulKy gear» So hook
up those belts to
rings on the seats
themselves, not to
the floor¼
UH-6·A .¸¸
SEat cOvE²
PM
TaKe a look at the seat cover straps
on the troop and gunner seats² Could
be they're getting chafed by the rivet
head in the tUbe bracket½
Here's a simple fix:
Replace the
headed rivet, ´S´
¶320·00¾ºº3¿9391¸
in
the
top right and left
¾
seat tube
bracKets with coUntersunk rivet
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