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(15) 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.
(16) Leaving approximately 18 inches of slack, secure fixed-length tie-down to the appropriate area of
airframe.
(17) Using the unattached end of the adjustable length tie-down already installed repeat steps (1) through
(17) for the opposite facing rotor.
(18) 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 in step e. of this Paragraph.
(19) Repeat steps (1) through (18) above for the other set of rotor blades.
e. Rig Shackle Assembly (Figures 1 and 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 the clevis of shackle assembly. (5, Figure
1 and Figure 3)
(2) Install one sling eye from green/white sling attached to the 2 o’clock position blade retention
assembly onto the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
(3) Place both sling eyes from green/white sling attached to the 8 o’clock position blade retention
assembly onto the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
(4) Place the remaining green/white sling eye the from the 2 o’clock position blade retention sling onto
the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
(5) Install one sling eye from green/white sling at the 10 o’clock position blade retention assembly onto
the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
(6) Place both sling eyes from green/white sling attached to the 4 o’clock position blade retention
assembly onto the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
(7) Place the remaining green/white sling eye from the 10 o’clock blade retention sling onto the clevis
part of the shackle assembly.
(8) Place the midpoint of both adjustable length tie-down slings attached to the topside of the blade
sleeves onto the clevis part of the shackle assembly.
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