Section 2: Deploying the Bambi MAX
Deployment Instructions
2016 Bambi MAX Service Manual
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Models 4453-7590
(Version D)
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We do not recommend using zip ties to attach wiring/conduit as this tends to damage the cover and longline.
When attaching conduit, allowances must be made for any stretch in the load bearing line and this must be
taken into account when attaching to ensure that the terminations are not released from the belly, bucket or
hook, etc.
It is also imperative to take extreme care when removing the conduit from the longline, especially if a knife
is used to remove the tape as one could inadvertently cut through the cover and the damage the synthetic
rope. It is important to remember that when conduit is duct taped to the outside of a longline, the flight
characteristics can change. In our experience, it may take some time and a few trial flights to determine the
length between attachment points of the conduit to the longline.
Longline Wire Details For Valve and PowerFill
Checking Suspension Cable Length
Length
Valve
PowerFill
Feet
Meters Wire
Recommended
Plugs
Wire
Recommended Plugs
0–100
23–30
16/3
SOW
NEMA 5-15P/
NEMA 5-15R
4 x #6 TEW
1 x #4 WELDING
2 x APP 6326G6
APP1381
101–150
30–45
14/3
SOW
NEMA 5-15P/
NEMA 5-15R
4 x #4 WELDING
1 x #2 WELDING
2 x APP 6326G6
APP1381
151-200
46–61
12/3
SOW
NEMA 5-15P/
NEMA 5-15R
4 x #4 WELDING
1 x #1 WELDING
2 x APP 6326G6
APP1381
Warning
Using a Bambi MAX with a greater overall length than the distance from the cargo hook to the
front tip of the tail rotor on your helicopter could result in a tail rotor strike and possible loss of
control of the helicopter which could result in injury or death.
Measuring the
bucket.
