PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-716
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 716
JULY 2012
44
PS 716
JUL 12
Be careful connecting the compound test gage.
When pushing or turning the Shadow by hand,
keep the nose wheel off the ground.
Check pitot tube and the tube’s cover for debris before installing the cover.
Don’t let launcher ramps drop down when you pull them out of the launcher.
Always check the oil.
If you don’t line up the
gage/AV connector end
straight before you push it in
place on the AV, the O-ring
on the AV connection could
be sliced. That can affect the
fuel system’s vacuum.
If you don’t,
trash can be pushed
into the pitot tube,
which will affect
air speed readings.
That could cause a
crash.
The ramps can hit
launcher hydraulic lines,
which causes them to leak.
Soon you’ve got launcher
problems. Pull the ramps
all the way out and guide
them to the ground.
Dropping
ramps
damages
lines
Tents…
Plug
compound
test gage
straight in
the
hot weather
is
closing in
fast!
before you
know it, you’ll
be sweating out
the summer’s
first
heat wave.
that’s a
cool reason
to heed the following
advice about your deployable rapid assembly
shelters (drash®) trailer-mounted support
system (tmss) mx medium shelter.
c’mon in,
guys. get
outta that
scorching
heat!
Otherwise,
you can
mess
up
the nose
wheel servo
if the nose
wheel hits a
bump.
The Shadow
uses oil and
it
always
needs oil
added
after
each flight.
it’s
already
here!
Drat!
I’ve given
it my best shot
and I can’t melt
your equipment!
you’ll have to
do better than
that, sol!
I’m gonna
fry
an
egg on my
helmet!
how
drash
beats the
You
don’t
want the
Shadow to
launch low on
oil.
it may not
come back!
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