Cabin Environmentals
This system is used to clear rain from the pilot and copilot windshields but should never be used on dry glass.
What are the windshield wipers?
The large front window the pilots look out of is called this, just like on a car.
What is the windshield?
The UH-60M is most commonly shipped overseas inside this heavy, four-engine Air Force transport aircraft.
What is the C-17 Globemaster III (or C-5 Galaxy)?
To fit inside a cargo plane, the main rotor blades must be folded backward using this specialized set of equipment.
What is the blade folding kit?
The hydraulic fluid inside the Black Hawk is not blue or green, but it is dyed this color, just like blood.
What is Red?
The aircraft's heating system draws hot air from this specific section of the T700-GE-701D engines.
What is the compressor section (or Bleed Air)?
In freezing weather, the helicopter uses heaters to melt this cold, white stuff off the rotor blades.
What is ice (or snow)?
These heavy-duty structural points on the helicopter are used to secure it to the cargo plane's floor with chains.
What are the tie-down rings (or tie-down fittings)?
In addition to folding the blades, this entire rear section of the helicopter is folded flush to the right side of the aircraft.
What is the tail pylon?
True or False: A helicopter is too heavy to steer with just human muscle, so it needs hydraulic power to help the pilot steer.
What is True?
This external utility system prevents the buildup of ice on the main and tail rotor blades during winter operations.
What is the Blade De-ice System?
In the winter, the pilot turns on this system to keep the inside of the helicopter warm.
What is the heater?
To safely pull the prepared Black Hawk up the ramp of a transport aircraft, loadmasters use this heavy cable device.
What is a cargo winch?
To lower the overall height of the Black Hawk for shipment, maintainers release nitrogen to compress the shock struts, a process known as this.
What is "kneeling" the aircraft?
The large front window the pilots look out of is called this, just like on a car.
What is the windshield?
The windshield wipers are powered by the electrical system and can be operated at these three distinct speed settings.
What are slow, fast, and park?
The Blade De-Ice system calculates icing severity and timing using OAT and this specific sensor mounted on the upper canopy.
What is the Ice Rate Meter (or Liquid Water Content sensor)?
To prevent control surfaces from shifting during shipment, this red metal device is locked onto the pilot's flight controls.
What is the gust lock?
When folding the tail pylon, this rotating drivetrain component automatically disconnects at the fold hinge.
What is the tail rotor driveshaft?
To get electricity before the main engines turn on, we start a tiny extra engine in the back called the APU. APU stands for Auxiliary Power _____.
What is Unit?
To prevent glass delamination, the windshield anti-ice system automatically shuts off when the windshield temperature reaches this threshold.
What is 43°C (110°F)?
Leaving the cabin heating system on during ground operations without the main rotors turning can cause this specific component to overheat and fail.
What is the heater blower motor?
To protect the cargo floor of a C-17 and distribute the helicopter's weight, loadmasters require this material to be placed under the Black Hawk's wheels.
What is shoring (or rolling shoring)?
To prevent the helicopter from bouncing on its struts during heavy flight turbulence, maintainers replace the shock struts with these rigid metal devices.
What are tie-down struts (or rigid kneeling struts)?
We fold up the helicopter so it can fit perfectly inside the belly of a giant cargo ________.
What is plane (or airplane)?