PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-698

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 698

JANUARY 2011
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-698 - Page 20 of 33
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T
he Chinook airframe has recessed handholds and footholds to help you reach the
top of the aircraft for necessary maintenance.
You must be cautious, especially in cold or hot weather, when you’re climbing
while wearing gloves.
Make sure your gloves don’t snag or get caught when you insert your gloved hand
into the recessed handhold. Make sure the glove comes out along with your hand as
you reach for the next handhold.
A slip of the hand or losing your grip can cause you to fall. So take your time when
heading topside.
The improved maintenance features and modern electronics will increase Feet
readiness and improve mission performance. Reducing aircraft downtime is always
a plus in maintenance.
P
ilots and co-pilots, your aircrew integrated helmet system (AIHS) and your integrated
helmet and display sight system (IHADSS) are designed to communicate with other aircraft
and on-board crew.
Some think it’s OK to splice music devices like MP3 players into the helmet cords to listen
to their favorite music. That thinking is wrong!
It may work great, but cutting and splicing electronic music devices into the helmet’s
ICS cord is unsafe and should never be done. It puts your aircraft’s communications and
avionics systems in harm’s way.
Splicing electronic devices into helmet communication systems can interfere with aircraft
radios and avionics, cause distractions in flight, compromise communications security and
affect mission success.
This practice also creates serious problems for ALSE techs who’ll have to tear down
helmets and repair damaged wiring harnesses and ICS cords.
Don’t rock to the music at the expense of your helmet and safety. It’s better to be safe
than sorry.
CH-47D/F…
Going Topside
With Gloves
On!
Helmets…
Music on the Fly
Your aircrew
integrated helmet
system (AIHS)…
… and integrated
helmet and display
sight system
(IHADSS) are
not
for music
I know
it’s cold,
but we
still
gotta go
topside.
hey,
you’re not
supposed to be
listening to that
stuff in there!
…Highway tO the
Danger ZOne!
Ride into the
Danger ZOne…
yeah, but I
remember
last time
when my gloves got
caught…
and I
almost
fell!
Double box
ampliflier…
… will be replaced with
a single box ampliflier
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