Hughes 369/OH6 Battlefield repair manual
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Hughes 369/OH6 Battlefield repair manual
Guys
I am led to believe there used to be such a manual, can anyone advise ?
If there is such a thing is there a copy out there I can have / buy / borrow
Cheers
I am led to believe there used to be such a manual, can anyone advise ?
If there is such a thing is there a copy out there I can have / buy / borrow
Cheers
Good luck.
W1
As OH-6A's were considered expendable items....I am surprised they even tried to repair them. Usually, they were pretty well used up by the time they got back to a repair shop.
In all my time researching the 500 and OH-6, I don't recall every seeing any mention of a battlefield repair manual for the OH-6. Hughes set up a separate crash repair facility in San Diego, as far as I know. I'll see if anyone on a Hughes group on LinkedIn has any leads to one.
500 Fan.
500 Fan.
Google have scanned some OH-6A manuals held by University libraries - they are free to download from Google Books ... there are some maint manuals there, but no battlefield repair manual (I searched for "tm 55 1520 214")
https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=....0.5Zc0TxnjwlA
https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=....0.5Zc0TxnjwlA
There may not be one:
From ADA572405 (1).pdf "Current procedures for assessment of BDR in Helicopters"
No doubt the basic principles from the OH-58 could be read across in some cases: http://www.liberatedmanuals.com/TM-55-1520-228-BD.pdf
From ADA572405 (1).pdf "Current procedures for assessment of BDR in Helicopters"
The Army currently has Battle Damage Assessment and Repair manuals for the following classes of helicopters: UH-60, AH-64A/D, CH-47D and OH-58 A/C/D; and, every one of these Battle Damage manuals opens with these two caveats:
• “BDAR fixes shall be used only in combat or for training at the discretion of the commander, in either
case damages shall be repaired by standard procedures as soon as practicable.” The manual talks
about “the Command” however the Level of command is not specified in Manual, based on general
field experiences; it is normally at Brigade with a shift move down possibly to Battalion, with a
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for direction.
• Repairs are made using interim techniques, off-the-shelf standard hardware (not necessarily aircraft
related) and without concern for appearance.
• “BDAR fixes shall be used only in combat or for training at the discretion of the commander, in either
case damages shall be repaired by standard procedures as soon as practicable.” The manual talks
about “the Command” however the Level of command is not specified in Manual, based on general
field experiences; it is normally at Brigade with a shift move down possibly to Battalion, with a
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for direction.
• Repairs are made using interim techniques, off-the-shelf standard hardware (not necessarily aircraft
related) and without concern for appearance.
