PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-717
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 717
AUGUST 2012
22
PS 717
AUG 12
23
PS 717
AUG 12
M
echanics, you may have
to literally hold your horses
if you set blades on saw
horses outside the hangar.
Saw horses, and any
Kiowa Warrior rotor blades
that you put on them during
scheduled inspection
or maintenance, can be
damaged by debris thrown
by rotor wash. High winds
can blow saw horses and
blades to the ground. Don’t
leave blades outside the
hangar.
What starts out as routine
scheduled blade inspections
by the aviation support
battalion (ASB) can quickly
turn into major repair or
replacement of damaged
blades.
D
oing maintenance on your Kiowa Warrior often means going back and forth,
around and underneath your aircraft tail boom. But pay attention when you do.
When moving around your Kiowa, especially when ducking under the tail boom,
you need to get as low as you can go to avoid hitting your head or back on the
identiFcation friend or foe (I±±) antenna. If you break the antenna, your aircraft is
unidentiFable.
Steer clear of the antenna.
The I±± antenna can be broken
easily if you bump it. That can
make your aircraft partially
mission capable. That’s OK
for normal operations back
at home base, but for tactical
situations,
your
aircraft
is
NMC until it’s Fxed.
So make it a habit to think
limbo when you go under the tail boom.
OH-58D…
Hold
Your
Horses!
OH-58D…
Get
L
o
w
Before You Go!
I
told
you to
leave
those
blades on
the saw
horses
inside
the
hangar,
not
outside!
look!
that guy’s
doing the
limbo!
I see! he’s
trying to clear
the tail boom
to
avoid
hitting
the
antenna!
yeah,
now
I
know
why!
d’oh!
Watch antenna
when ducking
under tail boom
Be
wise!
Bring those blades
inside
the hangar
and place them on
padded
sawhorses.
That way, they’re
protected
from wind
and rotor wash.
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