PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-618

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 618

MAY 2004
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-618 - Page 7 of 33
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You can stop corrosion in general and make taking care of the launcher easier by
not leaving it on the Apache when the bird is just sitting for weeks outside. Remove
the launcher and store it inside.
PS 618
MAY 04
10
Hellfire
Missile
System…
I
n order for your Hellfires to be fired up for firing, you must pay attention to PM for
the launcher and the missiles. Otherwise, things just go to.
..well, you know.
The launcher is not a ladder. If you use
it to climb up and down on the Apache,
you can count on damaged environmen-
tal protective cover connectors or a bust-
ed SAFE/ARM switch. Keep your feet
off the launcher.
A good PMCS check is to turn the
SAFE/ARM switch to see if it stays
where you set it. If it flops back and
forth, someone has stepped on it and you
have no way to tell what the switch is set
at. Report a busted switch. Of course,
sometimes you can't turn the switch at all
because corrosion has frozen it. If that is
the case, follow the instructions in Para
2.16 in TM 9-1425-475-23&P for clean-
ing and lubing the switch. If the switch
needs to be replaced, see Para 2.51.
hey!
it’s
raining
out here.
{ah
choo!}
Climbing on launcher breaks
environmental protective cover
Does
SAFE/ARM
switch stay
where it’s
set?
if you
don’t start
showing us
more
attention…
…you can
forget any
‘fire’ in these
hellfires!
here’s what
you
need to
do to keep
your hellfire
happy.
take me
inside, why
doncha?
I don’t really
need to sit out
here in the rain
where I can
rust up.
618. 10-11 (C)
3/29/04
11:00 AM
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