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Optional Equipment
Engine Air Inlet Diverter
ROTORCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL
MD 500E
(Model 369E)
Revision 14
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FAA Approved
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9. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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ENGINE AIR INLET DIVERTER
PART I
GENERAL
The MDHI Engine Air Inlet Diverter Kit (either 1 or 2 piece) inhibits ingesting
foreign objects into the engine air
inlet which might be of sufficient mass to
puncture the inlet screen/particle
separator and damage the engine. It reduces
ingestion of large dust and
sand particles. It also reduces ingestion of snow and
slush, which may
accumulate on the canopy at very slow speeds to be subse-
quently swept
toward the inlet when forward speed is increased. The kit in-
cludes a
hub
and engine air inlet cover to prevent the entrance of snow and
water when
the helicopter is parked.