Eurocopter AS 350 83 Flight Manual page 119

FLIGHT MANUAL
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The "CARGO SWING" external load carrying installation is composed of :
-A suspended pyramid frame (3) designed to reduce swinging of the load,
equipped with a release unit (4). The release unit hook can be opened
electrically in normal operation and mechanically in emergency
conditions.
-A control and indicating system, for the pilot, con.,rising :
.load indicator (I), on the instrument panel, with a zero setting
control (2) ;
an electrical system supplying power to the normal release circuit via
a pushbutton, on the control console and a switch on the pilot's cyclic
stick grip;
.an "EMERGENCY RELEASE" (jettison) control handle mounted on the
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underside of the collective lever.
The load indicator electrical circuit is protected by a fuse and the
nonnal release hook control circuit by two fuses.
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2 LIMITATIONS
The limitations laid down in the basic Flight Manual remain applicable
but are con.,leted by ~he following limita~ions.
-Maximum load
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The maximum permissible slung load is 1160 kg (2557 lb).
-Maximum Qross weiQh~ with ex~ernal load
Maximum permissible gross weigh~ with an external load is that at which
hover O.G.E. can be held. (See Section of the basic Flight Manual).
Maximum weigh~ including ex~ernal load: 2800 kg (6173 lb).
CAUTION: THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE WEIGHT WITHOUT EXTERNAL LOAD IS
-LIMITEO AS SPECIFIED IN THE LIMITATIONS SECTION OF THE BASIC
FLIGHT MANUAL.
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DGAC Approved: 35D 83 SUP.11
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