CHinook
Chinook
Chinook Helicopters
This is a F.O.D. prevention tool designed to hold the hardware (nuts, screws, bolts, etc.) during a deployment teardown of a Chinook helicopter. It stores the hardware in place until the parts are ready to be placed back on the helicopter. The Bolt Byte panels mirror the parts being taken off the aircraft making the reinstallation process faster. The CH-47 Parts Cases that we offer secures the parts being taken off the aircraft during a deployment teardown. These parts are placed in shadowed parts box case and kept there until reassembly. All common parts are included, for example (Cargo Hook, C-Fan Box, Fire Bottle, Drive Shafts, etc.) A product we have designed is the winch, a tool used to pull the forward transmission up the rear CH-47 cargo ramp while the transmission is on its stand. This is a safety-related measure taken to prevent soldiers from pushing it up the ramp. The transmission can be easily guided inside the back between the blades of the CH-47 cargo helicopter. The Winch is only stored in a pelican case.
Chinook Panels
Testimonials
In my estimate, the Bolt Byte kits reduced our expenditure of maintenance man-hours by 50%. No hardware was misplaced, or components damaged during shipment. As we continue to develop our expeditionary capabilities, anything that enhances readiness, reduces loss or damage to aircraft hardware and components, and increases overall mission efficiency…gives the ground force commander more flexibility. These kits are vital to that mission.
Although FOD prevention is already taught as a vital part of the students’ curriculum, the BoltByte system enhances these procedures to instill that positive habit transfer to the field. By using BoltByte layout cards, aircraft are disassembled and put back together quicker, safer, and more efficiently than with previous methods of hardware accountability. Using BoltByte will help reduce the stress and fatigue of our Soldiers in the field while enhancing safe operations. The flyaway kit holds the hardware for everything that needs to come off of the aircraft so it can be loaded onto a C-5 or a C-17 then reassembled at the other end. The troops accepted the procedures and were favorably impressed, not only with the boards being used to track hardware and FOD prevention but also as an additional easy way to tell if all of the hardware had been removed and was present for deployment. Both are difficult tasks to accomplish when searching through plastic bags or tin cans full of bolts.