Plant your mitts on the elevators and tail skid to see if you've got that "solid"
feeling.
 Eyeball the attachment bolt holes in the tail boom and fuselage fittings for
wear. Bolts worn? A


 Open the tail rotor drive.shaft covers and give the shafts, hangers, coupling
clamps and the covers the big look. Make sure no wires (or anything else)
are rubbing against the high-speed shafts.
 Any leaks at the 42-degree gear box or at the 90-degree gear box? Leaks
will show up on the skin. Check the oil levels.
 Move a maintenance stand up to the (H-E'
tail rotor hub. Hub damaged? Tight? F
Feel the pitch change links for tightness. -- DENTS .
 Eye the blade especially the lead-
ing edge for dents. If you're at all in
doubt about whether the damage is
repairable be sure to check the limits
in the organizational maintenance pub.
 The tail rotor control set-up also -. /
gets the big look for tightness.

 Servicing, Lubrication
 Service the fuel tanks, oil tanks: hydraulic reservoirs and
 vwhat-not according to the servicing diagram in the mainte-
 nance pub. The lube requirements are also in the pub .
 Chap 2.


Power Checks


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 CLEAR OF baby right in the checksheets.
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 When you step into the pilot's seat and check the controls
 for free action, watch your left foot at the left tail rotor
 pedal. Don't boot the electronic control amplifier or you'll
 knock out the navigation equipment. h| li-
 Turn on just the switches called for O
 in the checksheets to complete your power-on checks.

 Avionics Tests
 If you check out the radios, remember there's a radical
 change in this chopper for keying the transmitter. Don't pull
 the trigger as you do in all other choppers or you might
 start spraying lead all over the place!!
 Instead, push the Chinese hat on the /t,,
 cyclic. Pilots want to be especially
 aware of this change when the weapons
 are "hot" during flight.
 For you MOS 35K20 radio repair-
 men, the "wedding" books for all your /
 avionics inspections are TM 11-1520- PUSH (HINESE
 221-20 and TM 11-1520-221-35. HA TO KY
 The PM check intervals on electronic RSMIE
 equipment are in agreement with the

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