MH60T Trivia #501-525

This trivia series distills over 20 years of flight manual study into 500+ focused questions and answers, posted in 25 question sets. It’s not a substitute for the manual, but rather an aid to facilitate study and strengthen airmanship. During your review, ask yourself: How is this operationally relevant? Do I need to memorize it, or just be familiar with it? Should I review more on this topic? 

501. Q: When should you not lock the hoist hook? 
     A: Any swimmer deployment/recovery besides vertical surface. 

502. Q: When shall you not lock the hoist hook? 
     A: Bare hook recovery of the rescue swimmer. 

503. Q: Environmental consideration when locking the hoist hook? 
     A: Freezing temps, rotor wash and water may freeze the hoist hook locked. 

504. Q: Hoist Static Discharge cable description? 
     A: 10′ cable that extends below the swimmer/btm which prevents shock from static discharge. 

505. Q: Environmental conditions that lead to electrical fields? 
     A: Low, thick ceilings. Electrical storms. Dry air. Calm seas. 

506. Q: Hoist static discharge should be used? 
     A: When the above conditions are present and the hoist static discharge is not a snag hazard. 

507. Q: The crew takes these actions during the first deployment of the swimmer? 
     A: Ensures they are monitoring the swimmer’s radio frequency and records the position of the swimmer deployment. 

508. Q: Distance from a vessel the pilot should call “CONN ME IN”? 
     A: 15-20 yards away from the vessel. 

509. Q:Digimap capability with heading up compared to north up or track up?
     A: Heading up is the only mode that will let you overlay weather radar and TCAS.

510. Q: When should the hoist brief be accomplished? 
     A: The hoist brief should be completed once on scene, from an orbit or appropriate hover altitude that provides the crew a proper vantage point to ID hazards and a suitable hoisting area. 

511. Q: Components of a rescue brief? 
     A: Hazard analysis. Type of recovery/deployment, rescue equipment and hoisting  area. Heading and altitude. Questions/comments. 

512. Q: At what point is the airspeed indicator no longer accurate? 
     A: Below 40 knots. (Aircraft sensed wind freezes at 40 kts. 

513. Q: Wind indicator display on and off? 
     A: Wind is displayed when it is sensed to be greater than or equal to 6 knots. It is removed from the display when it is sensed to be less than or equal to 4 knots. Aircraft sensed wind “freezes” below 40 kts airspeed because it is using a comparison of heading, track, ground speed, and airspeed.

514. Q: What speed/distance is each hover mode division? 
     A: 10 knots, distance depends on scale (.2 = 100 yds, 1 = 400 yds, 2 = 800 yds). 

515. Q: Hover display off and on? 
     A: Hover is displayed below 50 knots groundspeed when selected, and it disappears above 55 knots groundspeed when selected. 

516. Q: ATLAS usable toughline? 
     A: 135′. 

517. Q: ATLAS lifting capacity? 
     A: 600 lbs. 

518. Q: ATLAS speed? 
     A: 150 fpm in “rabbit,” 60 fpm in “turtle”. 

519. Q: Battery weight and distance – test data? 
     A: 250 lbs. for a total of 700′. 

520. Q: ATLAS warning 1? 
     A: Hoist speed shall be placed into turtle mode when within 10′ of the aircraft. The clearance with the ATLAS from the aircraft is reduced. Extreme care must be taken. 

521. Q: ATLAS warning 2? 
     A: Keep clothing and body parts away from the front of the device while in operation. There is potential to get pulled into the device. 

522. Q: ATLAS warning 3? 
     A: There is no up-limit switch on the ATLAS. To prevent damage, exercise caution. 

523. Q: When does the aircraft sense engine out? 
     A: The engine out condition is set when Ng is below 55% weight off wheels. On EICAS, there is a red X across the engine instruments.
524. Q: EICAS engine icon box color? 
     A: The icon is green when all parameters are green. The icon is amber when one or  more of the parameters associated with that engine are amber but none are red. The  icon is red when one or more of the parameters associated with that engine is red. 
525. Q: Acknowledge (ACK) timer?  
     A: All new cautions and advisories have a 3 second timer that must elapse before the  message can be acknowledged. This is to avoid inadvertent acknowledgement of  messages that are raised just prior to or at the time of selecting the ACK button.