PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-606
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 606
MAY 2003
PS 606
MAY 03
36
AH-64A/D…
While you’re winding
down and turning in your
helmet to the ALSE
shop, don’t let the yellow
dust cap that hangs on
the harness connector
dangle there uselessly.
After you’ve disconnect-
ed the harness, cover the
connector with the dust
cap, NSN 1270-00-550-
7342, to prevent broken
or bent pins.
Helmet Care
Don’t leave the helmet
in a hot car or toss it into
the cockpit or use the
helmet as a stool at the
end of the day, either.
Avoid the convenient
habit of stuffing the
inside of your helmet
like a holiday turkey with
gloves, maps, checklists
and
knee
boards.
Helmets are fitted for
head size. Using it as a
carry-all stretches it out
of shape. That puts your
noggin in harm’s way
and affects the way the
HDU sits over your eye.
Pilots and gunners,
the wiring harness on your
Apache’s integrated helmet and
display sighting system, can be
strained if you exit the bird
without unplugging it.
Don’t get too hasty after a mission. Take your time, remove the helmet display
unit (HDU) from the helmet and stow it, then unplug the wire harness before you
exit. If you don’t, you could break individual wires that are connected to sensors
in the helmet. Then you won’t be able to boresight the helmet to the aircraft and to
the 30mm gun. You won’t be communicating, either, with a damaged harness. A
broken harness, NSN 5995-01-186-8601, costs about $7,000.
Mission complete? Remove HDU
from helmet and store here
Protect harness
connectors
Install cap to
prevent broken
or bent pins
Take care of your
helmet with the
good words in TM
9-1270-223-23&P
and it’ll take care
of you when you
need it most.
No stuffing!
forgot
to unplug,
didn’t ya?
I’m not a
chair…
and
while you’re
not
sitting
on me, lay
off the
desserts,
pally!
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