PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-606
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 606
MAY 2003
I
f the environmental control system
(ECS) air intake vent in your Longbow
Apache’s cockpit is blocked, pilots and
gunners, you won’t be able to stay cool
or warm.
So if you don’t want to swelter in
the cockpit without air in the summer
or freeze in the winter without heat,
don’t block the ECS air intake vent
with your pubs bag.
A pubs bag blocking the intake vent
leads to an overworked, burned-out fan
motor. Reduced evaporator air flow
can knock out the ECS. A broken ECS
means no air to cool you down in the
summer and no heat to keep you warm
in the winter.
To maintain a comfortable cockpit,
find another storage area for your pubs
bag. Otherwise, you’ll pop sweat in the
heat or freeze in the cold.
PS 606
MAY 03
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PS 606
MAY 03
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AH-64D…
AH-64D…
Do not
block
air intake vent
Pubs bag here will cause
temperature problems
I’m
ready to
takeoff!
is it
hot
in here
to you?
how ‘bout
moving it
before we
all melt!?
you’ve got some-
thing blocking my
air intake vent!
that’s
earth
down
there.
gee… it’ll be
good
to get
back home.
a few
more
seconds
and I’ll
be down.
I
told
you
to check the
truck’s coolant
and tires!
I have to
get ready
for inspec-
tion. can’t
maintenance
wait?
looks like
nothing’s
changed
since I left…
except…
the
world’s
been taken
over by
apes!?!
attention to
maintenance
will keep this
out of
your
future!
as beamish
emerges
from his
craft…
M
any miles later…
of
course
it’s hot!
there’s
a place
to land!
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