PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-637
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 637
DECEMBER 2005
PS 637
DEC 05
37
AH-64D…
D
uring the 250-hour inspection, mechanics, if you remove or install the Longbow
mast-mounted assembly (MMA), use the sling correctly and follow the 1-1520-
Longbow IETM.
One wrong move and the whole shebang will crash down on you. You could get
hurt or killed and destroy an expensive piece of radar equipment. That’s not good.
The radome has a delicate scanner inside and improper handling will damage it,
especially if the sling is not hooked up correctly. Damage means the MMA goes to
depot for repair.
Here are some tips for
proper sling use:
PS 637
DEC 05
36
AH-64A/D…
for Want of storage
m
echanics, any and every place on your AH-64A/D is not for storage.
All the gear you carry on your bird goes in certain areas. Your -10 TM tells you
where to store gear like flight bags and pubs bags.
Check out the TM and put your stuff where it’s authorized, like on the bottom
shelf of the left aft equipment storage bay and the survival storage bay next to it.
Don’t put stuff in the catwalk area and leave it. Though it’s tempting, keep the
pubs bag and other items away from the cockpit ECS air intake. If you block it, it
will overload and burn out the motor fan. And reduced evaporator air flow can
knock out the ECS system.
A broken ECS means no air to cool
you down in the summer or the desert
heat and no heat to keep you warm in
the winter.
Don’t stow gear wherever you please.
Stowage space on an AH-64 is limited
to the left aft equipment stowage bay
and the survival equipment stowage
bay. They are accessed from either side
of the aircraft. In addition, the D model
has two flyaway stowage bays: the CPG
crew station and the pilot crew station.
Check your -10 for stowage areas
No twists
in straps.
Use foam
to protect
radome
Without foam,
hook can damage
radome's composite
surface
•
Use some type of cushioning between
the three straps and the metal hook to
protect the MMA from scrapes, gouges
or denting of the resin composite radome.
•
Make sure all three sling pins are com-
pletely inserted and secured into the
MMA slots.
•
Make sure the sling straps are not twist-
ed, but lie flat against the radome when
they’re attached.
•
Most important
, pay attention to and
attach each sling hook to the sling pin
and not to the “Remove Before Flight”
streamer. That’s a definite no-no!
there!
she’s all
hooked up
and ready
to remove.
hey!
that
stuff ain’t
s’posed to
go there!
that’s
what I’ve
been trying
to
tell
’em!
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11:25 AM
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