A sticky situation.It's easy to forget about removing the AN/ALQ-144A countermeasure coun·ter·meas·ure n. A measure or action taken to counter or offset another one. countermeasure Noun action taken to counteract some other action Noun 1. set cover, NSN NSN National Stock Number NSN Nokia Siemens Networks NSN National Storytelling Network NSN NATO Stock Number NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA) NSN National Student Number (NZ) NSN Never Say Never 5865-01-109-1800, when pre-flighting your Black Hawk Black Hawk (born 1767, Sauk Sautenuk, Va.—died Oct. 3, 1838, village on the Des Moines River, Iowa, U.S.) Sauk Indian leader. Long antagonistic to whites, Black Hawk was driven into Iowa from Illinois in 1831. , Kiowa Warrior of Apache. Then when power's applied to the aircraft while the cover's on, extreme heat shrinks or melts the cover to the countermeasure set. Then you have a sticky mess to clean up and your avionics shop won't be too happy. If any parts of the cover get baked on the countermeasure set mirrors and can't be cleaned off, it will cost your unit $36 a pop to replace each damaged mirror. Use the cover to shield the mirrors from direct sunlight and protect them from dirt, grit, dead bugs and soot soot, black or dull brown deposit of fine powder resulting from incomplete combustion of fuel of high carbon content, e.g., coal, wood, and oil. It consists chiefly of amorphous carbon and tarry substances that cause it to adhere to surfaces. . But always remove the cover when you power up your bird. Remember, clean the mirrors before takeoff and after each landing like it says in Chap 4 of TM 11-5865-200-12. That way, he se can continue to protect your bird. |
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