PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-558
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 558
MAY 1999
PS 558
35
MAY 99
to pull out the RCU without twisting
and jerking the cable.
While walking the RCU out to where
you will operate, try not to jerk or twist
the cable. If the RCU gets hung up,
walk back and find the problem.
Never jerk the cable free.
Don’t leave the cable stretched out
on the ground when you’re not operat-
ing. That’s how cables get run over
and ruined. Gather
the cable and take it
back to the truck.
Give the cable
extra support by
tieing it to the RCU
brackets. That
protects the cable
against jerks.
If the auto slew is
hard to turn, don’t
lube it. Lubricant
gets inside the RCU
and causes bigger
problems in the electronics. If the slew
doesn’t want to turn—or it won’t stay
aligned because it’s too loose—tell
your repairmen. He needs to loosen or
tighten the slew’s setscrews.
he Avenger’s remote control
unit (RCU) needs intensive care from
you or you won’t have a remote chance
of firing your Avenger.
Cables are your RCU’s weak point.
If the W80 cable is jerked or run over,
the RCU is out of action. So, take the
RCU cable out of the truck before you
take out the RCU. That makes it easier
Avenger Missile System . . .
Tie off cable
Auto slew turns too hard or too easily?
Take cable out before you take RCU out
argh!
there goes
my
rcu
cables
!
PS 558
35
MAY 99
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