PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-697

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 697

DECEMBER 2010
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-697 - Page 20 of 33
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PS 697
PS 697
DEC 10
32.5"
28.5"
Approx. 12"
44.5"
17"
86"
90"
46.5"
Yellow webbing,
for the REMOVE
BEFORE FLIGHT streamer
This piece should
be a mirror image
of the one above.
1" foam
21"
Approximately 12"
cut foam
2" smaller
all the way
around
(
)
(32.5” long)
Stabilator
Foam
This piece is sewn to the bottom of the
cover to form a pocket that goes over the
end of the stabilator.
•
Begin sewing the top and bottom together, leaving one of the long sides
open for inserting the foam.
•
After inserting the foam, finish sewing the two pieces together.
•
Reinforce the opening edge of the pocket panel by folding it over 1 inch
and sewing webbing on that edge. Sew in a web tab safety streamer.
•
Then sew the panel to the cover. Leave a 7-in long opening 5 inches from
the corner on the trailing edge to allow an opening for the static wick.
•
Once you’ve made the first piece, make another one that’s the mirror
image of the first. (You need two pads—one for the left half of the stabilator
and another for the right half.)
•
The two pads will fasten together at the center of the stabilator with
hook-and-pile fasteners as the diagram shows below.
Attach “Remove Before Flight” streamers to the sewn-in tabs.
If you can’t make a cover, you can order a GSA approved alternative cover for your
stabilator. For the UH-60A/L, you can get a digital cammo cover. You can also get an
AH-64 stabilator cover. For the UH-60M, you can order a digital cammo stabilator
cover. Check out these and other GSA approved covers and the current pricing at
http://
www.gsaadvantage.gov
under contracts GS-07F-5768R and GS-07F-9386S.
Make a note that the California AVCRAD is
not
contracted to supply covers for
the Army. So units need to either contract locally to have the cover made, make it
themselves or order them from GSA Advantage.
Always remember, don’t leave covers on while on the fight line because oF blade
rotor wash.
View from
below
View from
above
Static wick
Pocket
REMOVE
BEFORE
FLIGHT
Pocket
REMOVE
BEFORE
FLIGHT
REMOVE
BEFORE
FLIGHT
REMOVE
BEFORE
FLIGHT
Static wick
Static wick
Static wick
Hook-and-pile
holds them together
Protective Pad
Stabilator
AH-64A/D padded
stabilator cover
looks like this
Ready made UH-60M
padded stabilator
cover looks like this
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