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214.24 Load

Ground

Support

Equipment.

a. Load Helicopter. Load helicopter num-

Position boxed ground support equipment right side of

ber five up right side of forward cargo ramp

forward cargo ramp (fig. FO1).

(fig. FO1).

214.25 Load Rocket Launchers. Position twelve

b. Stop Winching. Stop winching helicop-

boxed rocket launchers on left side of forward cargo

ter when main landing gear tires reach FS

ramp. (fig. FO1).

1055.

214.26 Tie Down Helicopters Number One Thru

Number Six.

CAUTION

When positioning helicopter number

CAUTION

five, extreme care must be taken to pre-

vent target acquisition designation

system (TADS) from contacting TADS

Tiedown restraints will be tensioned

of helicopter number three.

only enough to remove all free play.

Over tightened tiedowns will damage

c. Manually Position. Manually move heli-

helicopter structure.

copter aft until main gear reaches FS 1080.

a. Tie Down Twelve Forward Fuselage Fit-

214.18 Load Four Main Rotor Blades. Position

tings. Install three 25,000pound tie-

two main rotor blade rack sets holding two blades each

down chains at each forward fuselage fit-

(fig. 22), on cargo floor under helicopter number five fu-

ting (two fittings per helicopter) (fig. 217).

selage (fig. FO1).

214.19 Load Helicopter Number Six Tail

First. Load helicopter number six tail first using same

CAUTION

loading procedures used for helicopter number three

(paragraph 214.12) with following exceptions:

To prevent structural damage to heli-

a. Load Helicopter. Load helicopter num-

copters, tiedown chains shall pass

ber six up center of forward cargo ramp (fig.

through FS 450 jack pad fitting.

FO1).

b. Tie Down Six Fuselage Tailboom Fit-

b. Winch Helicopter. Winch tail of helicop-

tings. Remove quickrelease pin holding

ter between helicopters number four and

each FS 450 jack pad wire deflector. Se-

number five.

cure wire deflector in open position. Install

two 10,000pound tiedown chains at each

c. Stop Winching. Stop winching helicop-

FS 450 jack pad tiedown fitting. Pass

ter when main landing gear tires reach FS

chains through fittings (one fitting per heli-

620.

copter) (fig. 217).

d. Manually Position. Manually move heli-

c. Remove Wheel Chocks. Remove all

copter aft until main gear reaches FS 670.

chocks and secure to cargo floor.

214.20 Load Four Main Rotor Blades. Position

214.27 Tiedown TwentyFour Main Rotor Blades.

two main rotor blade rack sets holding two blades each

(fig. 22), on cargo floor, under helicopter number six

(fig. FO1).

CAUTION

214.21 Load Eight Hellfire Launchers. Position

four packed Hellfire launcher containers on left side of

cargo floor, left of helicopter number six. Place remain-

To prevent damage to rotor blade deice

ing four containers on top of first four (fig. FO1).

connectors, ensure that cargo straps

do not contact fittings.

214.22 Load

Two

Horizontal

Stabilators.

Position one stabilator on cargo floor, to right of the tail

Tiedown each main rotor blade rack set using four tie-

of helicopter number five and one under nose of helicop-

down straps as shown in figure 218.

ter number six (fig. FO1).

214.28 Tiedown Loose Helicopter Components

214.23 Load Shoring. Position shoring on right

and

Ground

Support

Equipment. Install

side of cargo aircraft floor, beside helicopter number six

5000pound tiedown straps on floor-loaded compo-

(fig. FO1).

nents and ground support equipment (fig. FO1).

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