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(14) 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 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.
(15) Leaving approximately 18 inches of slack, secure fixed-length tie-down to the appropriate area of
airframe.
(16) Repeat steps (1) through (15) above for the opposite rotor blade.
(17) Repeat steps (1) through (16) 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.
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