PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-431
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 431
OCTOBER 1988
AH-64A Apache .
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If you're smart, you'll give your bird's tuRret a lot of TLC any time you
handle it.
±emove the pRotective covers Fom the boresight window, day
s
ide window and
nightside window of the target acquisition designation sight (²ADS) assembly
bEfrE
you move the turret.
Remove cover
before moving turret
3²
If you ³rget to Remove the covers,
there's not enough cleaRance between
TADS components to rotate the tuRret.
If you tRy to ³rce it, you could damage
the system.
After you remove all three window
´overs and release the azimuth and ele-
vation brakes, rOtate the turret assemµ
bly very slowly, liKe it says in Task
³´2
of TM
9´1270´³7µ´20¶1·
You
could damage the turret if you rotate
it too f¶st.
OCT
88
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en yOu re seRv1c¹g oR wOr ng on your
Apache's engines, lock iNto this safety reºin»er:
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The ¼atches on the engine nacelle/work platforº aRe a safety haz½d if you
¼eave 'eº sticking out when you loweR the nacelle ³r ºaintenance.
That's Because the woRk platfoRm is about
µ
¾et o¿ the ground. Unlocked
latcHes stick out and down anotheR
¸
inches or so.
PeOp¼e wa¼k¸ng aRound the p¼atfoÀ can run into one of the Open latches and
get hÁÂÃ
So wHenever you loweR an engine nacelle, Be sÁre to lock the latches.
±eºeºber, though, to Ánlock the latches be³re you close the nacelle after
maintenaÄce.
If yOu ³rget and slaº the nacelle closed with the latches in the locked position,
you'll Bend or break the latch pins.
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cRaft op w/single fuel boost pump
phase
maintenance aCmplish-
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spectÉon TÊ on tail Rotor swashp³ate
a³uminum
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fiËings±
tRans Ìan´ 20µ830Z Jun 88Í
dRiVe LÎnk insta³³ations±
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numbers of hubs´ 291700ZJun 88×
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88
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