PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-420
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 420
NOVEMBER 1987
UH-60A Black Hawk .±²
Fit To Be ±ied
.
Dear Editor,
STfoam
plugs aR dandy little gadgets for keeping bi±s, bugs,
t²³h, ²in and snow out of our Bck Hawk's engine inle´ and exhaustsµ
B
³oMe¶Mes ·ey'¸ MO
t
ble than they'R wo¹hµ Like when
they coMe loose and get blown
away by wind gusts or ºto» wash
fºM nea¼by helicopte½¾
¿hat's when they becoMe a po-
tential souÀe of FÁDÂ
We solvà the pºbleMÄMÅt of
it, anyhowÄby tying the inlet and
exhaust plugs togetherµ Use anyÆ
thing that's aVaIlaÇleÄsucÈ as
paÉchute st¼ingµ
Tie engine
plugs together 1-Lf±²QO
Êt's not likely that both plugs aR woË to tÌe point that they'Í coMe
loose at the saMe tiMe¾ So, when one plug coMes loose, the other
plug keeps it froM blowing acº³³ the aiÎield and, Maybe, ¼ight Ïnto
another bi±'s ºtor bladesµ
SSG ¿hoMas Ðooth
Ft Lewis, WA
(Etor's Tte:
S lk
you've ³ed
u
some Loose en´)
If
your unit has not received
a message you have an InteRest
±n, check wiTh your next higher
headqua²ers.
AH03,
SOF³
MainteNanc Man-
dator, Rest±CtIon due to ²nte³e´enCE
of p²lot map Lµght aSmb¶y b´aCket·
1019¸Z Jul
87.
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SOF´
MaIntenanc Man¹
datorº RevisIon to ´est´²Ct²on due to
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o
p²½t mA ¾¿ht ÀÁmbÂ
b´aCketº 132ÃZ Ju¾
87
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A-5,
s,
TÄnÅÆ ÇÈ
to engIne wi´²ng ha´neÉ ²nsPÊËonÌ
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C7´7-µ, S¶
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ment of engIne C´oÓs shaft B¾tsÔ
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MIm1¿XÀfÁÂ,
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ru
p¾ug aSmbćy fo´ aL¾ TĈ53 engIne ĉueL
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p¾ug asďmbćy foĐ a¾¾ Tđ3 engĒnē fue¾
Cont´oLsÆ 131ċČZ JuL
87À
NOV 87
You've got to b carefl where you plant your Feet when you hike around on
top oF BlacK Hawks.
I
you step on an unsupPrted NO STE± area, you may cracK ²he ³ird's skIn´
Never put your Fµt on the engi¶e
·waLl when ¸e enGne cowling
i
o¹nº
The »rewall won't hold you´
But when the cowl¼ng's closed, step
where you want½ Your weight's dis-
tri³uted along the entire »rewall¾
Aways c¿oÀ ¸e CwLÁg bÂR cLim³Ã
ing up to insÄct Åhe rotor hu³ or anyÃ
thing elseÆ
I
you'R not suR what
Á
are saFe
T
waLK
ÂÃ
Ç a coÈ oFÉ
55²15³´³µ¶²
³µ·³.
ÊigUre
1¸¹
shows steps, hanDholDs anD waËays, as weLl as NO STE± areasÌ
NOV 8º
Ineria Reel Knob NSN
BlacK HawK mechs, you no longer have to replace
¸e whole control assem³ly Âr the piloÍ's or cÎpilot's
³rder knob with
NSN 5355·µµ·¶¶7¸9155
seaÍ
³elt iner²ia reel just ³eÏ
cause a kno³'s Missing or
³roKen. ÐF the kno³'s alÑ you
need, get a new one´
i
1.²
,!
I
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