TT Straps Time Life
We received a question this week in regards to time life on TT Straps retirement life. When I looked at our old component sheets, we...
DMWR FOR ROTOR BRAKE QUILL
Our main goal when building this platform was to provide resources to the UH-1 industry. We appreciate maintenance questions sent our...
Leading Edge Pitch Link Main Rotor to Mast Coupling Phenomenon
Thought this article is a good item to share. Published in Rotorbreeze 2006 by the now retired David Burch Bell Helicopter Senior...
Stabilizer Bar Adjustment
I was contacted by a mechanic that found the following when removing the stabilizer bar prior to removing the main rotor hub and blades...
Collective Ground Adjustment
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR COLLECTIVE FRICTION LATELY? I just received a couple of photos of the set screws used to make adjustment of the...
42 & 90 Degree Gearbox Caps
A couple of weeks ago I was asked to give some basic information to the maintenance man the pickup team brought with them. He hadn’t...
UH-1 Maintenance Training Course
Do you have a new mechanic or mechanics that need a refresher course on the UH-1 helicopter? Do you need an IA renewal? Peter Frinchaboy...
Do You Really Know Your Aircraft’s Lifting Capability and Its Limitations?
Know Your Capabilities and your Limitations Scenario: You are doing a lift job with little margin. The Load calculation indicates the...
Engine Igniters
In the photo below there are two Igniters, the one on the left shows that the spark is concentrated on one area of the igniter. Hard to...
Servo Mount Nuts
Hi this is Pete from Metro Fire again. On the NTSB accident website there is an accident involving aircraft UH-1H N260TA 5-23-2014. There...
