PS Magazine - JANUARY 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 398
JANUARY 1986
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Slingloading equipment fom a hover-
ing helicopter can be a shocking ex±
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1348±6, using RIC N32.
Another word oF caution: The²
pin
oF
the apex ³tting on slings and nets must
always engage the aircraFt cargo hook,
while the clevis holds the sling legs´
perience, ground crews´
Pin goes
Static electµicity in the cargo hook can
on hook
deliver a bone¶
j
arring charge´ The ·hock
could lead to a ¸ll or much worse´
You've got to ground the cargo hook
be¹re handling it´
Use a static discharge probe like it
Reversing the Fittings will increase tHe
says on Page 6±3 oF ºM 55±450±1´ And
chance oF the pin break»ng under stress´
keep contact between the probe and
On the U¼±1, you can't slip the ³t-
h½ok until you put the clevis on the
ting directly onto the cargo Hook´ It
hook´ Get a discharge probe with NSN
won't ³t´ You have to use a nylon
4920±01±192¶5535. ¾t¿s not on the
donut, NSN 3940À00±675±5001Á beÂ
AMDº, so order on a DD ºorm
tween the sling and the a»rcraFt hookÃ
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