TM 1-1520-240-10
2-1-9
2-1-21. Shoulder Harness Inertia Reel Lock Lever.
A two-position shoulder harness inertia reel lock lever is on
the left side of each seat (22, fig. 2-1-3) The lever positions
are LOCKED (forward) and UNLOCKED (aft). The lock may
be moved freely from one position to the other. When the
lock lever is in UNLOCKED position, the reel harness cable
is released to allow freedom of movement. However, the
reel will automatically lock if a horizontal impact force of 2 to
3 g is encountered. When the reel is locked in this manner,
it stays locked until the lock lever is moved forward to
LOCKED and then returned to UNLOCKED. When the lever
is at LOCKED, the reel is manually locked so the pilot is
restrained from bending forward. When a crash landing or
ditching is anticipated and time permits, manual locking of
the shoulder harness inertia reel provides added safety be-
yond the automatic feature of the inertia reel. Depending on
the pilot’s seat adjustment, it may not be possible to reach
all switches with the inertia locked. Each pilot should check
and adjust the shoulder harness in locked position to deter-
mine whether all switches can be reached.
2-1-22. Self -Tuning Dynamic Absorbers.
The helicopter is equipped with three sel-tuning dynamic
absorbers. One absorber is in the nose compartment and
the other two absorbers are under each pilot’s seat below
the cockpit floor. All three absorbers serve to maintain a
minimum vibration level through the normal operating
rotor RPM range of the helicopter. The self-tuning feature
of the the dynamic absorber functions as follows: each
dynamic absorber consists of tuning mass suspended by
springs, and electronic measuring circuit, accelerome-
ters, counter-weights, an electrical actuator and a self-
test box. The accelerometers sense and compare the
vibration phases of the helicopter and the spring-
mounted mass. When the measured vibration phases
differ from a built-in phase relationship required to assure
proper tune, the electronic circuit extends or retracts the
electrical actuator to reposition the counterweights
which, in turn, increases or decreases the resonant fre-
quency of the spring-mounted mass. The dynamic ab-
sorbers are constantly being adjusted (tuned) to mini-
mize helicopter vibration. A self-test box is in the heater
compartment to provide maintenance personnel with an
integral testing capability for self-tuning feature of the
dynamic absorbers. Power is supplied by the No. 2 AC
bus through the VIB ABSORB-LH, CTR and RH circuit
breakers in the No. 2 PDP.
Figure 2-1-6. Canted Console (Typical)
