PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-439
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 439
JUNE 1989
een having mysterious rocket problems?
Take a look at your Lightweight Launcher's side contacts.
When they accumulate cArbon residue, the new MK66 rockets won't inventoRy
or fire. New rockets are more sensitive to carbon residue tHan oldeR rockets.
So you haVe to cLean tHe side contacts better and more often, Like after every
firing.
To clean tHe contacts, Lower the igniter ±rms. ²ppLy a LittLe C³P to tHe bRistLes
of a smaLl wire brusH, NSN 7920-00-900-3577, and gently scRub the contac´s
on all sides. ² µ0-¶M bore brusH o· too¸HbrusH will also do the job.
Be suRe to cLean tHe igniter Heads,
LauncH
tu¹es and externaL surfaces,
too, Like it says in Para 3-11 of Tº
9-»055¼460-13&P.
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J¸n 89
L
atch onto a copy of FM 5½-450¾» (Oct
88),
²rmy ¿eLicopter EXteÀaL ³oad
Operations. It teLLs how to inspect and repair your sling-Loading equipment. It
aLso has instructions Ár sLinging more than Â50 diÃerent loads.
J¸n 89
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