GOTTA LEAKY SAS?

 GET 'ER

 FIXED




 A leaky or drippy spigot can be mighty irritatin' but it won't get next to
you half as much as a leaky hydraulic line in the SAS (Stability Augmentation
System) of your Chinook (CH-47).
 If the side or overhead padded lining is spotted by fluid, you kndw there's
trouble dripping.
 Inspect the cable's swivel joints and keep an eye peeled for SAS line leaks.
 When that oozin' fluid gets into the variable resistors of the SAS facility's
amplifiers, it's bad. _


 It can knock out both SAS's and replace that feathery flying feeling with
more movement on the controls and a rougher ride.
 But, even worse .. that hydraulic fluid leaks from the overhead cable's swivel
joint and gets inside the overhead circuit breaker panels or into the lower con-
sole's control panel.
 In there the fluid can eat the insulation off wiring and cause communications
failure.