PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-700

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 700

MARCH 2011
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-700 - Page 20 of 33
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PS 700
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Dear Sergeant Blade,
In the sand box, we are short on parts to fix our aircrew integrated
helmet system (AIHS). Is there anything official that says we cannot take
parts off one helmet and put them on another helmet to make it serviceable?
SSG W.M.
Dear Sergeant W. M.,
The short answer to your question is no.
You can take parts off one helmet to Fx another
when operational readiness is affected and
parts are not immediately available through
the supply system. Follow the guidelines in
Section X, paragraph 10-2, of TM 1-1500-
328-23,
Aeronautical Equipment Maintenance
Management Policies and Procedures.
Just make sure the proper paperwork and
tags are in place on older helmets and all
parts are on order for any cannibalized
helmet.
Dear Sergeant Blade,
For some time now the communication earplug (CEP), NSN 5965-01-
504-0077, on our HGU-56/P, aircrew integrated helmet system (AIHS)
keeps cutting in and out. After trying a number of CEPs, we still have the
same problem. Do you know what’s going on?
CW3 J.L.
Dear Chief J.L.,
As a matter of fact, I do. In an
effort to reduce ALSE workload
and eliminate some difFcult solder
joints, PM Air Warrior requested
the manufacturer integrate the CEP
helmet wiring harness into the HGU-
56/P. However, the initial design had
a ±aw which resulted in helmet wiring
harness failures.
The problem has been identiFed
and a Fx is in the works. That’s the
good news. The bad news is that
there are still a lot of bad integrated
communication cords in the supply
system. The NSN for a new harness is
If you have a helmet that has a
bad factory-installed harness, the
manufacturers will honor their
warranty and replace one bad harness
with a new updated harness. Send to:
Gentex Corporation
Attn: Carlo Pisa
324 Main Street
Carbondale, PA 18407
Make sure you mark the package
with
“customer return number 18407.”
Delivery time of the harness is based on
availability.
For additional information, go to
their website:
HGU-56/P…
HGU-56/P…
Communication
Earplug
Problems?
Turn in harness for
a replacement
You
can
take parts off one helmet
to fix another for readiness
master, I
found the
helmet
parts we
needed!
excellent,
igor!
yeah!
this fits
great!
let’s
see
them
keep me
from
piloting
that uh-
60 now!
hello!?
hello!!
is
anyone out
there? can any-
one
hear
me?
ok, terrific!
nobody
can
hear me.
I guess I have
cep problems
again!
700.36-37.indd
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5:39 PM
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