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|Rope||Used for the deployment of rescuers by rappelling. This is the preferred method of deployment on land or onto objects such as boats as the rescuer can control their own descent, which increases safety. It is also faster than lowering by hoist. | |Rope||Used for the deployment of rescuers by rappelling. This is the preferred method of deployment on land or onto objects such as boats as the rescuer can control their own descent, which increases safety. It is also faster than lowering by hoist. | ||
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| + | A load is generally deployed by clicking on it. For the rope and the harness, you can click on one of the bags in the storage area near the cabin door. The smaller yellow bag contains the harness, while the larger orange bag contains the rope. The rescue basket, stokes basket and forest penetrator are configured as a sit target as its default touch action, so a simple left click will result in sitting on that piece of equipment. If it is necessary to deploy rescue equipment while not sitting in the helicopter you can right click on it and select "Touch". If other rescue equipment is already deployed, the selected equipment will be swapped into the helicopter before the new equipment is swapped out. Clicking on the hook, will swap in all equipment. No more than 1m of cable should be deployed when swapping loads/out. | ||
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| + | Except for the stokes basket, it is necessary to move into the helicopter before moving any rescue equipment back into the helicopter. This can be done by clicking on an empty seat in the helicopter to move into it. The stokes basket can be moved into the helicopter with a patient using it as long as the seats on the right side of the helicopter are in the up position. If a patient subsequently moves out of the stokes basket while the helicopter is in the aircraft, the stokes basket will be moved to the stowed position. | ||
Revision as of 01:28, 16 July 2021
SECTION 9. MISSION EQUIPMENT
1 Rescue Hoist
1.1 Overview
The S-58 is equipped with a rescue hoist mounted above the main cabin door. The hoist is powered by the utility hydraulic system with control circuits powered by the DC bus. A switch on the overhead panel labeled HOIST has positions CREW, OFF and PILOT to disabled the system, or give control the either the pilot or the crew. When the winch is not in use, it is recommended that it be kept in the fully retracted position with no load and the HOIST switch in the OFF position. This will disable the timer loop in the hoist script and reduce script lag.
1.2 Hoist Loads
1.2.1 Load Types
The hoist is capable of being used with the following loads:
| Device | Use |
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| Harness | Used for deployment and retrieval of rescuers only. Never to be used for patients |
| Rescue Basket | Used for the rescue of uninjured or lightly injured patients. May also be used for the deployment and retrieval of divers or rescuers not trained in hoist operations. Do not use for patients with suspected back injuries or broken bones. |
| Stokes Basket | Used for the rescue of injured patients, may be used in conjunction with the harness to allow a rescuer to attend to the patient during the hoisting process |
| Rope | Used for the deployment of rescuers by rappelling. This is the preferred method of deployment on land or onto objects such as boats as the rescuer can control their own descent, which increases safety. It is also faster than lowering by hoist. |
1.2.2 Deploying
A load is generally deployed by clicking on it. For the rope and the harness, you can click on one of the bags in the storage area near the cabin door. The smaller yellow bag contains the harness, while the larger orange bag contains the rope. The rescue basket, stokes basket and forest penetrator are configured as a sit target as its default touch action, so a simple left click will result in sitting on that piece of equipment. If it is necessary to deploy rescue equipment while not sitting in the helicopter you can right click on it and select "Touch". If other rescue equipment is already deployed, the selected equipment will be swapped into the helicopter before the new equipment is swapped out. Clicking on the hook, will swap in all equipment. No more than 1m of cable should be deployed when swapping loads/out.
Except for the stokes basket, it is necessary to move into the helicopter before moving any rescue equipment back into the helicopter. This can be done by clicking on an empty seat in the helicopter to move into it. The stokes basket can be moved into the helicopter with a patient using it as long as the seats on the right side of the helicopter are in the up position. If a patient subsequently moves out of the stokes basket while the helicopter is in the aircraft, the stokes basket will be moved to the stowed position.
