0024 00 TM 1-1670-260-12&P __________________________________________________________________________________________ (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. CAUTIONTo 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. 0024 00-8
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