What are you grabbing?Mechanics, when heading topside to do 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. rotor head Noun 1. rotor head - the axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns rotor shaft axis of rotation, axis - the center around which something rotates maintenance, don't grab a pitot tube because it's convenient. Get in the habit of grabbing your bird's handholds if you're going topside. Or grab a maintenance stand instead. That always does the trick. The pitot tubes are not strong enough for handholds. They are thin sheet metal and fiberglass, and grabbing them can break the tube and its internal lines at the base. If broken, they cannot monitor air speed. This is a major problem with Black Hawks that have external stores support system (ESSS ESSS External Stores Support System (US Army UH-60 helicopter) ESSS Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (Northrop Grumman Corporation) ESSS Enhanced Services Sales Support (Sprint) ) installed. Breaking pitot tubes means aircraft down-time and work for the sheet metal and airframe shops. So hands off the tubes, or you'll hear snap, crackle and pop Snap, Crackle and Pop! are the cartoon mascots of Kellogg's breakfast cereal Rice Krispies (Rice Bubbles in Australia). History The three elf characters were originally designed by illustrator Vernon Grant and made their debut in 1933. and maybe some yelling from the repairers who have to drill out the rivets and fix the damage. |
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