PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-689
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 689
APRIL 2010
38
PS 689
APR 10
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PS 689
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M
echanics, turning in your bird’s avionic components to support for repair doesn’t
mean you should remove parts from it for another component or bench stock.
On a Black Hawk, for example, some think it’s OK to give support the control
display unit (CDU), NSN 1680-01-337-7546, minus the unit’s lights, NSN 6210-01-
343-1481, so they can use them on another component or for bench stock.
But that keeps the support shop from troubleshooting the part. AVIM needs every
part attached to the component to test and repair it. If there are missing pieces, like
lights, nothing gets repaired until support orders and gets new lights.
Removing the lights from a CDU creates long downtime and months of waiting
for ordered parts.
So put a smile back on support’s face by doing them a favor. Leave all of a
component’s parts in place when turning it in.
Place the helmet in the bag with the front
facing towards you. Any other position
puts the helmet in harm’s way.
Carelessly dropping the helmet bag or
tossing it around in aircraft like a sack of
potatoes can create helmet soft spots. That
puts your noggin at risk of not having full
protection.
And by the way, don’t get the urge to
toss other items in the bag like knee boards
and checklists that can damage the helmet.
Keep all that junk out of the bag and take
care of your helmet like it says in TM 1-
1680-377-13&P, EM 0250.
Avionics…
Leave the Good Parts
HGU-56/P AIHS…
Baggin’ Your Helmet
When turning in a CDU…
…don’t remove lights or any other parts
with the lights
taken out, we
can’t
troubleshoot!
ordering new
lights could take
months!
I need those lights
for something else,
but I’ll go get ‘em
if that’s the case!
crewmembers, how you
carry and store your
aircrew Integrated
Helmet system (aIhs)
in the helmet bag is
as important as how
you wear it!
Only helmet belongs in bag
ouch!
hey!
get this
stuff
off
of
me!!
this is a
helmet bag,
not a
suitcase!
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