Section 7: Repair Assessment Guide
Bambi MAX Service Manual
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Cables Repair Criteria
Category 1: Safety
Cease operations and repair immediately.
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One or more broken suspension cables or end fittings.
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Broken deployment cable.
Category 2: Operational
Repair before next day’s operation or eight hours flight time.
If three or more individual suspension cables or the deployment cable have the
following defects:
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10 or more randomly distributed broken strands or four adjacent broken strands
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Visible kink(s).
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Separation of the strands due to twisting (known as “bird-caging”).
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Evidence of heat damage.
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Abrasion wear comprising of more than 1/3 of the original diameter of the outside individual
strands.
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Any visible reduction in outside diameter due to overload.
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Cracked or broken end fittings (some elongation of cable eyes is acceptable).
Category 3: Monitor
Monitor and/or repair if condition deteriorates.
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Wear, broken strands, kinks, and twisting in cable that do not exceed the limits defined in
Category 2 defects.
