PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 408
NOVEMBER 1986
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Maing A neutrAl Rig check of your ChIOok's cocKit controLs is LikE geT±iNg
Ftted ²r A nEw pAir of bOots. ³ccurAte meAsuremEnts Are criticAL to your he´th
AnD hAppiness.
PrA
11-75
of µM
±5²1³20²227´23²4
tELLs hOw to mAk¶ the neutrAL Rig meAsure-
ments using the right re·rEncE pOints. But ¸ig
1µ²15
Doesn¹t show eAch rEºrence
pOint in Det»iL, so sOme mEchs get them
m
up¼
½n the cOp¾LOt¿s ÀontroL stickÁ meAsurE ÂhE LAtEr»L DistAncE Ãom the center of
the ÄLlistErHeAD scrEw ON top of the trigger grip to the encLosurE ûming bELow
thÅ AshtrAy on thE leÆ siDE Of the cocKitÇ
Èhen meAsurÉ ±he LongituDinAL DisTAncE ÊOm the Detent ADjustment screW on the
top Right siDe of the stick grip to tHE
EMER
mArk¾Ëg On the
VGI
switcÌ plAcARDÇ
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you usE the wÍong reºrencE points to t»kE mÎAsuremEntsÏ You¹LL thRow thE
ÐÑOLE Òight cÓntRol systEm out of whAcÔÕ
SAve ÖourseLf A Lot of grief×DO it Øght thE Frst tiÙe¼
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NOv 86
Dear Windy,
How do you interpRt condition No.
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of Fg
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in DA Pam
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»¾¸,
Criteria for ±ed
"X¿
entries? Does an egress sysTem include oUr
Chinooks' doo² and windows?
I'd also like to kno³ why our Chinooks aR groundEd if the power
steering is inope´tive. µven without iT¶ our birds can st·l hover-tax¸
and 2-wheel-Taxi.
S¹C J.P.¹.
Dear SeR J.P.F.,
On Chinook, the pilt's
a
copilt±s doors
a
the passenger compa²eNt
wi³dows can be jeTTisoNed´ µerefore, they quaLI as an egress ¶stem· ANd when
an egress systeM is down, for whatever reason, it±s an unsafe condition tHat
requires a re¸
ÀxÁ
eNt¹´
ºe power stee»ng requirement in condition ¼o½
ÂÃ
appLies onLy to ¾ed wing
airc¿À´ Át wiLL say "¾ed wing onLy in tÃe NEt upÄte to DÅ PaM
ÄÃÅÆÄÇÂ.
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NOÈ 86
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