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(16) Lift up the blade sleeve assembly with the blade sleeve pole and slide the open blade sleeve
assembly bag pocket over the forward pointing rotor blade, while a second person leads the
adjustable length tie-down and fixed length tie-down along the rotor blade.
CAUTION
To prevent possible damage to the main rotor system
assembly fixed length tie-downs must be secured with
approximately 18 inches of slack in the lines.
(17) Leaving approximately 18 inches of slack, secure the fixed-length tie-down to the appropriate area of
the airframe.
(18) Using the unattached end of the adjustable length tie-down already installed repeat steps (1) through
(17) for the opposite facing rotor.
(19) Carefully orient the middle of the adjustable length tie-down sling near the main rotor mast for easy
access during the shackle assembly hook-up covered in step f. of this Paragraph.
f.
Rig Shackle Assembly (Figures 1 and 3, and Table 3)
NOTE
During shackle assembly rigging and subsequent recovery
flight all light weight slings and tie-downs attached to the
main rotor blades are to be attached to the clevis part of
the shackle assembly, while the heavy weight black/white
sling is on the shackle assemblies sling spacer
(1) Remove quick-release pin, clevis pin and sling spacer from shackle assembly clevis. (5, Figure 1 and
Figure 3)
(2) Install both sling eyes from the forward red/white safety slings onto the clevis part of the shackle
assembly.
(3) Install the two sling eyes from the yellow/white sling that is attached to the lifting clevis on the
damaged helicopter main rotor onto the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
(4) Install both sling eyes from aft red/white safety slings onto clevis part of the shackle assembly.
(5) Place the midpoint of the adjustable length tie-down sling attached to the topside of the blade sleeves
through the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
CAUTION
Ensure that the sling spacer is installed when the
shackle assembly is assembled.
(6) Place double eye end of heavy weight black/white sling (6), Figure 1, View A, to shackle assembly
(Figure 3) and secure shackle assembly as follows:
(a) Insert sling spacer from shackle assembly into the double eye end opening of heavy weight
black/white sling.
(b) Align the holes in the shackle assembly clevis with the hole in the sling spacer.
(c) Once holes are aligned, insert the clevis pin through the holes in the shackle assembly clevis
assembly and sling spacer.
(d) Insert quick-release pin through hole in base of the clevis pin to secure the clevis pin in the clevis.
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