PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-745

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 745

DECEMBER 2014
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-745 - Page 14 of 33
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± If±you±have±questions±about±JTDI,±contact±Deborah±Mclemore-Baugh,
DSN±747-5127,±(256)±876-5127±or±email:±
deborah.a.mclemore-baugh.civ@mail.mil
± You±can±also±contact±Brian±Mathy,±DSN±788-8291,±(256)±842-8291±or±email:
brian.p.mathy.civ@mail.mil
± If±you±have±questions±about±CAPS,±contact±the±PEO±AVN±POC,±Charity±Evans,
DSN±897-1320,±(256)±313-1320±or±email:±
charity.a.evans.civ@mail.mil
± You±can±also±contact±James±Thompson,±DSN±645-0239,±(256)±955-0239±or±email:
james.e.thompson325.civ@mail.mil
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epairers, when you load rockets into your AH-64’s M261 rocket launcher, you
know something isn’t right if the rockets don’t register.
The
Frst
suspect
is
the
launcher’s contacts. Before you
go on a major troubleshooting
expedition, Frst try using a
stainless steel brush to clean
the
Fring
contacts
in
the
tubes where the rockets won’t
register. If the contacts are
dirty, the rockets don’t have
a good electrical connection.
That prevents the launcher from
knowing the rocket is loaded.
Sometimes when you clean the launcher tubes with CLP, too much gets applied
to the bore brush. If that happens, and the excess CLP isn’t removed or dried up, the
Fred rocket motors burn the CLP and leave behind a coating on the contacts. When
you load the next rockets, they won’t register on the cockpit display panel.
All ULLS-A(E)
servers will now use
with Joint Knowledge
Caching Server (JKCS)
software.
Technical manuals and
messages that were
previously viewed or
manually downloaded
from JTDI are available
for download through
ULLS-A(E).
You can view the
message on the
CAPS website. After
entering the site with
your CAC, click on
the Chinook tab.
information reported and downloaded between the tactical and
national servers will flow to the unit’s mid-tier servers and then up to
the JTDI top tier server for distribution to authorized customers.
For all the
specific
details
about
aviation information
moving from JTDI to
CAPS, check out the
complete message,
GEN-14-AMAM-03.
Then under Safety,
click on Aviation
Maintenance Action
Messages (AMAMs)
and locate the
message.
…and
that’s
what’s going on
between JTDI
and CAPS.
Just caLl
these POCs if
you have any
questions!
Rockets not registering? Clean firing
contacts with stainless steel brush
AH-64
Series…
Rocket Launcher
Needs Help
hey! while you’re
checking me out, don’t
forget to
clean
my
rocket launcher firing
contacts. I’m not
registering rockets.
don’t worry.
by the next
firing, you’ll
be registering
and spittin’
rockets like
fire!
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