Rubbed the wrong way.When a situation rubs you the wrong way, you take action. Armament crews, when your Apache's 30mm gun's braided hydraulic lines and hoses rub the wrong way against each other of against the wire strike, take action to prevent chafing chafe v. chafed, chaf·ing, chafes v.tr. 1. To wear away or irritate by rubbing. 2. To annoy; vex. 3. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands. v.intr. . During your Before Flight PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol) PMCS Project Management Control System PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD) PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School , in Paragraph 4-5-1 of TM 9-1090-208-23-1-1, make sure the gun's hydraulic hoses are installed correctly and are not touching or resting on the wire strike. If the hoses rest on the wire strike during gun firing, aircraft vibration and gun recoil will chafe chafe (chaf) to irritate the skin, as by rubbing together of opposing skin folds. chafe v. To cause irritation of the skin by friction. and wear through the pressure and return hoses. That will cause hydraulic leaks. The gun will lose elevation control and the ability to fire. Then the gun is NMC NMC Nursing & Midwifery Council (UK) NMC NSSDC Master Catalog (NASA) NMC Northwestern Michigan College (Traverse City, Michigan) NMC National Meteorological Center . When the hoses are installed correctly (the plane of the hose bends 90[degrees] to the plane of the actuator), touching should not be a problem. As an added measure, tie the lines together--but not too tight--with tie wraps, 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 5975-00-985-6630, to protect them from chafing. |
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