PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-711
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 711
FEBRUARY 2012
22
PS 711
FEB 12
23
PS 711
FEB 12
Your frst stop should be your -23 TMs For typical blade tie-down instructions and
aircraFt mooring procedures. When blades are not secured in high winds, you can be
certain that wind gusts will blow rotor blades into the airFrame causing damage.
Your second stop For tie-down and mooring inFormation is TM 1-1500-250-23,
Aviation Unit and Aviation Intermediate Maintenance for General Tie-Down and
Mooring,
on all Army Aviation models including the AH-64, UH-60, UH-1, CH/
MH-47, AH-1, and OH-58 helicopters. The TM is the bible For aircraFt tie-down
and mooring procedures and hardware. It’s inFormation will help keep your aircraFt
anchored in heavy sustained winds.
IF there is a con±ict that exists between the -23 maintenance TM and the tie-down
manual, Follow the procedures described in the tie-down manual.
M
echanics, you know it’s important to tie down and moor your Chinook on the
±ight line in high winds.
Well, it is equally important
that drive shaFt covers on top
oF your aircraFt be locked and
secured to protect them From
the rotor wash oF other aircraFt
wash, and From high winds.
Drive shaFt covers that are
leFt
halF-open
or
unsecured
are no match For rotor wash
or high winds. IF either get
under a partially open cover,
the cover and its struts get
bent and can be ripped oFF its
hinges.
Keep
the
airFrame
shop
happy by always locking and
securing all the drive shaFt
covers.
Secure Your chinOk
Secure covers from wind and rotor wash
when high winds
start blowing, you
need to know all you
can about tie-down
procedures and
mooring of aircraft.
I’m here to cause
major damage
to
you with my
wind
gusts
…
…and there’s
nothing you can
do to stop me!
h
ahahaha!
hey, jones!
button up those
covers! we
got high winds
coming in.
no problem,
the hatches
are battened
down!
oh yeah,
well you
can
huff,
puff
and
blow
all
you want!
yeah!
bring it
‘cause
we are
tied
down,
moored
and
secured!
All Aircraft…
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