Load Two Main Rotor Blades.

TM 55-1520-238-S

228.20 Load Two Main Rotor Blades. Position the

NOTE

remaining main rotor blade rack set holding two blades

Vertical stabilizer sling, air vehicle sling,

(fig. 22), on left side of cargo deck, under helicopter

forward winching adapter cable, tail wheel

number two (fig. FO2).

steering bar, and disconnected hydraulic

cart and kneeling hose components will

228.21 Tiedown Helicopter Number One and Num-

be shipped with the helicopters. These

ber Two.

ground support equipment items are to be

wrapped and packaged per paragraph

212.

CAUTION

228.28 Tiedown Eight Main Rotor Blades. Para-

graph 214.27.

Tiedown restraints will be tensioned

228.29 Tiedown Loose Helicopter Components

only enough to remove all free play.

and

Ground

Support

Equipment. Install

Overtightened tiedowns will damage

5000pound tiedown straps on floorloaded Hellfire

helicopter structure.

launchers, guns, turrets, rocket launchers, main rotor

blade racks, horizontal stabilators, fairings, tail rotor

a. Tiedown Four Forward Fuselage Fit-

blade supports, and boxed ground support equipment.

tings. Install three 25,000pound tie-

Use enough tiedowns to secure these components to

down chains at each of forward fuselage

their cargo floor and ramp locations (fig. FO2).

tiedown fittings (two fittings per helicopter)

(fig. 217).

NOTE

b. Tiedown

Two

Fuselage

Tailboom

Cargo nets may be used in place of straps

Fittings.

to tiedown loose helicopter components

and ground support equipment.

229 HELICOPTER OFFLOADING (C141B

CAUTION

AIRCRAFT)

Helicopter and component offloading from C141B will

To prevent structural damage to heli-

be performed in accordance with procedures outlined in

copters, tiedown chains shall pass

paragraph 229.1 through 229.24 (fig. FO2).

through FS 450 jack pad fitting.

229.1 Remove Tiedowns From FloorLoaded

Install two 10,000pound tiedown chains at

Components and Equipment. Unfasten and remove

FS 450 jackpad tiedown fittings (one fitting

tiedown straps from ramp and cargo floor locations of

per helicopter) (fig. 217).

fairings, tail rotor blade supports, guns, turrets, rocket

launchers, horizontal stabilators, main rotor blade

228.22 Load Four Tail Rotor Blades. Position two

racks, Hellfire launchers, and boxed ground support

tail rotor blade supports holding two blades each, on aft

equipment.

end of cargo floor, under helicopter nose (fig. 27 and

229.2 Unload Ground Support Equipment.

FO2).

Remove boxed ground support equipment from main

228.23 Level Main Loading Ramp. Remove auxil-

ramp.

iary ramps and shoring. Raise main ramp to cargo floor

229.3 Unload Two 2.75 Inch Rocket Launch-

level (fig. FO2).

ers. Remove one packed rocket launcher from top of

228.24 Load Two Main Rotor Shaft Fairings. Posi-

each Hellfire launcher on main ramp.

tion two fairing packages on cargo floor, just aft of main

229.4 Unload Two Hellfire Launchers. Remove

ramp hinge (fig. FO2).

two packed launcher containers from main ramp.

228.25 Load Two Hellfire Launchers. Position two

229.5 Unload Two Main Rotor Shaft Fairings. Re-

packed Hellfire launcher containers on right side of main

move two fairing packages from main ramp.

ramp, in front of helicopter nose (fig. FO2).

229.6 Unload Four Tail Rotor Blades. Remove

228.26 Load Two 2.75 Inch Rocket Launchers.

two tail rotor blade supports from aft end of cargo floor,

under helicopter number two nose.

Position one packed 2.75 inch rocket launcher on each

loaded Hellfire launcher.

229.7 Unload Two Main Rotor Blades. Remove

one main rotor blade rack from left side of cargo floor,

228.27 Load Ramp Shoring and Ground Support

under helicopter number two.

Equipment to be Shipped. Position boxed ground

229.8 Unload Two M230 Guns. Remove two

support equipment and ramp shoring on main ramp,

packed gun containers from cargo floor, under helicop-

aft of main rotor shaft fairings and to left of Hellfire

ter number two.

launchers (fig. FO2).

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