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Section 3: Deploying the Bucket
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If the tail rotor clearance is insufficient, shorter suspension lines, triplines/riser, ring and restrainer, and
deployment lines must be used and can be ordered from SEI. Please specify the model and serial number
when ordering parts.
Instant Deployment System (IDS)
The instant deployment system uses a hub and spoke
mechanism to automatically expand the mouth of the bucket
as soon as the weight of the Bambi Bucket is taken up by the
suspension cables.
When the bucket is full, the IDS deployment cable and hub
restrainer cables should be slack as they should not bear any
load. Their function is to position the hub and spoke
mechanism to hold the bucket open.
To deploy the IDS on the ground, reach into the bucket, grasp
the hub of the IDS and pull outward fully until the two
restraining cables from the hub to the lower bucket shell are
tight.
The IDS restraining cables are set at the factory and normally
should not require any adjustment.