PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-570
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 570
MAY 2000
PS 570
38
MAY 00
Dear Editor,
A little bubble wrap and a sports drink bottle cap can save your Hellfire
launcher from damage.
Use bubble wrap to wrap locking handles. Anybody who works around a
Hellfire hangar very long knows the missile system’s most vulnerable
parts are the launcher locking handles. It doesn’t take much of a knock
to break off a handle. Then you can’t lock down the missiles.
Bubble wrap provides enough cushion to prevent most damage.
Whenever the launcher is being transported or stored, wrap bubble wrap
first around the handle and then around the handle and rail. Tape the
bubble wrap in place.
Hellfire Missile System . . .
Of course, nothing will protect the locking handles if you don’t show a
little care. Keep your feet off the handles and use at least two people to
remove or install the launcher. Four people would be best. The launcher is
too heavy for one person to safely maneuver.
Use a sports drink bottle cap on the J1 connector. When you train with
MILES, the P511 harness to the launcher’s J1 connector is left
disconnected. If the J1 is left uncovered, dirt and moisture get in the
connector and lead to corrosion and a poor electrical connection.
A great way to seal out problems
is to screw a cap from a wide-mouth
sports drink bottle on the J1. The
cap stays tight even during flight.
SGT Scott O’Dell
D Co, 1/229th Attack Regiment
Ft Bragg, NC
Wrap bubble wrap around handle.
.. ...
and then around handle and rail
Cap J1 connector
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