Chapter 8. OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS, TRANSPORTABILITY EQUIPMENT HYDRAULIC CART ASSEMBLY, AIR TRANSPORT

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CHAPTER 8

OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS, TRANSPORTABILITY EQUIPMENT

HYDRAULIC CART ASSEMBLY, AIR TRANSPORT

Section I. GENERAL

82 APPLICABILITY.

81 SCOPE.

Personnel will be thoroughly familiar with and practiced

This chapter provides instructions for the operation of

in these procedures prior to performing kneeling and

the hydraulic cart assembly and for the kneeling and

erecting operations in conjunction with helicopter trans-

erecting the AH64A helicopter for transport by cargo

port operations.

aircraft and truck. Section II provides procedures for

83 CONFIGURE HELICOPTER FOR SHIPMENT.

kneeling and erecting operations when shipping

AH64A helicopters by C141 and by truck. Section III

Prior to performing kneeling and erecting operations,

provides procedures for kneeling and erecting opera-

configure the helicopter for kneeling in accordance with

tions when shipping AH64A helicopters by C5.

Chapter 2, section III or IV; or Chapter 4, as appropriate.

Section II. KNEELING AND ERECTING OPERATIONS FOR C141B AND TRUCK SHIPMENT

(2) Connect power cable (fig. 81) to J2

84 CONNECT AND CHECK OUT HYDRAULIC

connection on control box in back of

CART.

hydraulic cart.

a. Service Reservoir. Service cart hydrau-

(3) Connect other end of cable to source of

lic reservoir (fig. 81) with two gallons

28 V dc (supplied by cargo aircraft). If

MILH5606 hydraulic fluid.

electrical power from cargo aircraft is

b. Bleed Pump Assembly. Crack open cap

not available, use adapter and connect

(AN9296) on motor and pump assembly

cable to adapter and 28 V dc external

until airfree hydraulic fluid emerges, tight-

power source.

en cap.

d. Connect Control Pendant. Connect re-

c. Connect Hydraulic Cart to Power

mote control pendant to J4 (fig. 81) on

Source.

control box.

e. Start Hydraulic Cart.

CAUTION

(1) Push in CONTROL POWER AND MO-

TOR/PUMP POWER circuit breakers

To prevent damage to aircraft and/ or

on control box.

equipment make sure that polarity of

(2) Press START button on pendant as-

plug on the hydraulic cart is the same

sembly and run motor and pump as-

as than on cargo aircraft. If required,

sembly two minutes.

use 28 V dc adapter 7070020437045

(3) Test emergency stop by pressing red

for commonly used U. S. Army 7.5 Kw

EMERGENCY STOP handle on con-

generator power source.

trol box.

(1) Plug ground wire from hydraulic cart

(fig. 41) into ground receptacle on he-

(4) Restart hydraulic cart and press STOP

licopter fuselage.

button on pendant assembly.

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