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    Rigging Kit

    An input the pilot didn't make. Sometimes that could contributed to an AFCS (automatic flight control system) computer issue, or in the case of our's yesterday, grit and or petroleum collection. Excess grease from the last time the pedal boxes were lubed was not cleaned up. A bit of dirt got...
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    Rigging Kit

    in the military, for some reason, every 400 hrs, the rig was out if certain people did the rig prior to it coming in for heavy maintenance. it took us 30 hrs one time to get a 47d in rig bc the 2nd stage mixing was out and had to disassemble the mixing unit, which was a PIA. we burned 100 gal...
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    Rigging Kit

    Cyclic, aka stick (center of pic) used for forward, backward and sideways flight, yaw pedals (foreground of pic), below the dash, used to point the nose left or right and the thrust (lower left) used for up/down, receive manual input which is transferred to the flt closet , where metal tubes...
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    Rigging Kit

    and its not just helicopters. fixed wings also have to be rigged. but rigging is even messed with on these military truck we own. similar concept, but the manuals call it "adjust turn buckle/connecting rod" to the, lets say, crane pto lever for the wreckers. or the clutch to adjust it, but...
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    Rigging Kit

    dang, that is cheap per op hr on a 53. our 47Ds i think are billed out around $8,000/hr yes, rigging is a nightmare at times, but i got good at it on the 47s. 60s though, nope, have no inclination to rig a 60 again. at least we don't have to rig the ECLs to our engines, compared to the 53s. but...
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