Load Second Helicopter TailIn. (Cont)

TM 55-1520-238-S

Release helicopter brakes. Have loadmas-

WARNING

ter operate cargo aircraft winch and careful-

ly tow helicopter tail into the aircraft until

Prior to operating hydraulic cart,

main landing gear wheels are at base of

personnel must be thoroughly fa-

remaining ramp shoring (position one, fig.

miliar with operation and safety pro-

230).

cedures contained in chapter eight.

Personnel must remain clear of heli-

g. Reposition Auxiliary Ramp. Reposition

copter during kneeling and erecting

center auxiliary ramp and shoring to side of

operations to prevent injury to per-

loading ramp so that ramp centerlines are

sonnel in event of main landing gear

6 feet 8 inches apart, alined with main land-

strut collapse and helicopter roll

ing gear wheels, and parallel to helicopter

over.

centerline.

h. Tow Helicopter to Position Two. Tow

CAUTION

helicopter forward until main landing gear

wheels are 61/2 feet aft of the main ramp

hinge (position two, fig. 230).

The hydraulic cart will be tested with

the helicopter clear of the C141B to

i. Kneel

Helicopter

Position

prevent possible damage to the

Three. Kneel helicopter (paragraph 85)

C141B in the event of main landing

and reduce helicopter fuselagetoramp

gear collapse and helicopter rollover.

hinge clearance to 10 inches (position

Connect hydraulic cart to helicopter (para-

three, fig. 230).

graph 84).

j. Tow Helicopter into Cargo Compart-

NOTE

ment. Tow helicopter forward until main

Hydraulic cart will be rolled along with the

landing gear wheels are just forward of the

main landing gear as helicopter is loaded

main ramp hinge. Install steering bar in tail

into the cargo aircraft.

wheel winching yoke tube (fig. 214) and

d. Aline Second Helicopter at Loading

use steering bar to carefully guide helicop-

Ramp. Aline helicopter tailboom with car-

ter to its tiedown location (fig. FO2). When

go aircraft centerline. Position helicopter

helicopter is properly located, set brakes,

tail landing gear wheel at base of center

center the tail wheel, and chock main land-

ramp shoring.

ing gear wheels with lumber or plywood

e. Connect Cargo Aircraft Winch Cable to

blocks.

Helicopter. Couple aircraft winch cable

to tail wheel winching yoke eye (fig. 216).

k. Check

and

Adjust

Helicopter

Have loadmaster operate winch and take

Height. Paragraph 228.9l.

up all cable slack.

l. Disconnect Hydraulic Cart. Paragraph

f. Tow Helicopter to Position One.

85f. Roll hydraulic cart down loading

ramps from aircraft, disconnect power

CAUTION

source, and prepare disconnected cart and

kneeling hose components for shipping.

During the following procedures,

helicopter underbelly and overhead

NOTE

clearances will be continually

Shutoff valve will remain connected to

checked to prevent damage to heli-

shock struts for use when unloading.

copter or cargo aircraft. Where nec-

essary, helicop ter height will be

m. Lock Tail Wheel. Paragraph 228.9n.

adjusted by kneeling or erecting he-

licopter and by using shoring under

n. Remove Tail Wheel Steering Bar and

tail wheel.

Winching Yoke. Paragraph 228.9o.

To prevent excessive stress on heli-

copter landing gear and C141B car-

o. Disconnect Cargo Aircraft Winch Cable

go winch, do not apply brakes dur-

from Helicopter. Disconnect winch

ing

kneeling

and

erecting

cable from tail wheel winching yoke (fig.

operations.

216).

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