HEADQUARTERS OH-58A - Page 244

TM 55-1520-228-10
8-6 Change 11
8-14. AREA 5 (figure 8-1) FUSELAGE –
CABIN LEFT SIDE.
1. Fuselage top – Check as following items are
checked:
a. Engine inlet and plenum – Check clear.
b. Engine oil cooler exhaust – Check condition.
c. Engine exhaust – Check.
d. Hydraulic reservoir, lines, slippage marks
and flight controls – Check and ensure filter
buttons are in.
e. Transmission oil filler – Check cap secure.
f. Transmission oil cooler exhaust – Check
condition.
g. Cowling – Check secure.
NOTE
Ensure swashplate is level for inspec-
tion of outer-ring self-aligning bearings
for main rotor push-pull tubes.
* 2. Main rotor system – Check condition, slippage
marks, swashplate, and flight controls.
3. Fuselage top – Check as following items are
checked:
a. Mission equipment – Check.
O b. Cabin door – Check condition.
c. Landing gear – Check condition, cross
tubes, skid, skid shoe(s). Wheels removed.
4. Cockpit – Check as follows:
a. Copilot seat, seat belts, shoulder harness
and armor side panels (if installed) – Check
condition. Secure seat belts and shoulder
harness if seat is not used.
b. Cyclic – Check secure or stow as required,
cannon plug connected.
c. Collective – Check secure or stow as re-
quired.
O d. Cabin door – Check condition.
8-15. AREA 6 (figure 8-1) FUSELAGE –
FRONT.
1. Fuselage – Check as following items are
checked:
a. Static port – Check.
b. Upper WSPS – Check.
c. Windshield – Check.
d. Ram air grill – Check.
e. Pitot tube – Check.
f. Lower WSPS – Check.
g. Fuselage underside – Check.
* 2. Crew and passenger briefing – Complete as
required.
8-16. BEFORE STARTING ENGINE.
1. Deleted.
2. Shoulder harness lock(s) – Check operation.
3. Overhead switches and circuit breakers – Set
as follows:
a. Cockpit utility lights – As required.
b. Circuit breakers – in.