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TM 4-48.09 - -Multiservice Helicopter Sling Loads: Basic Operations and
Equipment
-TM 4-48.10 - -Multiservice Helicopter Sling Loads: Single Point Rigging
Procedures
-TM 4-48.11 - -Multiservice Helicopter Sling Loads: Dual Point Rigging
Procedures
-FM 3-21.38 - -Pathfinder Operations
-FM 4-20.102 - -Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment: Rigging Airdrop
Platforms
-3 essential elements involved in sling load operations - -Supported Unit
Supporting Unit (aviation unit)
Receiving Unit
-What is the purpose of the Supported Unit? - --Advance coordination with
the supporting unit
-Actual rigging of the loads
-Furnishing all equipment
-Ensuring all loads are properly rigged and do not exceed the Allowable
Cargo Load (ACL)
-What is the purpose of the Supporting Unit? - --Ensure that loads fall within
the transporting aircraft's ACL
-Provides assistance in the recovery and return of sling-load equipment
-Establish coordination with the supported and receiving units
-What is the purpose of the Receiving Unit? - --Selecting, preparing and
controlling the LZ
-Receiving and de-rigging the load
Provide the return of lifting equipment and or personnel.
-What are the three types of loads? - -High Density
Low Density
Aerodynamic
-High Density - --Offers the best stability
, -Low Density - --Offers the least stability
-Aerodynamic - --This load is unstable until the load is streamlined
-What is the Allowable Cargo Load (ACL)? - --The maximum load capacity
for a particular mission and determines what the helicopter can lift.
-What is the ACL based on? - --Type of aircraft
-Age of the airframe
-Pilot experience
-Altitude above sea level
-Temperature
-Humidity
-Aviation unit's SOP
-ACL of the UH-1 (Iroquois) - -5,000LBS
-ACL of the UH-60A (Blackhawk) - -8,000LBS
-ACL of the UH-60L/M (Blackhawk) - -9,000LBS
-ACL of the CH-47 (Chinook) - -Center Cargo Hook: 26,000LBS
Fore/Aft Hooks Individually: 17,000LBS
Fore/Aft Hooks Combined: 25,000LBS
-ACL of the CH-53E (Super Stallion) - -32,000LBS
-ACL of the CH-46A/D/E (Sea Knight) - -10,000LBS
-Which aircraft can take any type of attachment? - -CH-47
-When attaching loads of different weights to multiple cargo hooks on the
CH-47, the heaviest load goes: - --On the center cargo hook
-When attaching loads of different weights to multiple cargo hooks on the
CH-47, the next heaviest load goes: - --On the forward cargo hook
-When attaching loads of different weights to multiple cargo hooks on the
CH-47, the least heaviest load goes: - --On the aft cargo hook
-When attaching loads that are being flown to different destinations to
multiple cargo hooks on the CH-47, the first load to be delivered (and
lightest) is placed on the _______ cargo hook? - -Aft
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