Accessory Item Required for Hand Launching Flares

TM 9-1370-201-12

Figure 1-8. Firing panel and cable of flare dispenser XM19.

unlocking it from the track plate. The gas passes

(2) Jettisoning dispenser assembly and

through a reducer valve, decreasing the pressure to 475

flares.

Once the dispenser assembly has been

psi. This pressure, acting on the head of the piston,

positioned on the track plate, it is manually secured with

propels the dispenser assembly out of the rightside door

interlocks. Immediately after takeoff, the pilot rotates

opening of the helicopter in 0.8 seconds.

the bail out from under the handle of the firing device

and a crew member turns the safety valve handle to the

ARM position. If it becomes necessary to jettison the

1-7. Accessory Item Required for Hand Launching

dispenser, the pilot lifts the safety switch cover, turns

Flares

the switch to the ARM position, and strikes the handle of

the firing device with the palm of his hand. An electrical

Flare drop static line XM164 is used for hand

signal is generated and transmitted through a circuit to a

launching. It is a steel wire reinforced molded plastic

squib connected to the top of the nitrogen bottle

strap with a snaphook at each end. The flat contour of

mounted on the track plate. Upon initiation of the

the static line affords a low floor profile to prevent

electrically fired squib, nitrogen gas under pressure of

accidental tripping.

Static line XM164 may be

2,500 psi is released. The gas passes through steel

requisitioned by using Federal Stock Number 1370-962-

tubing to the safety valve. With the safety valve handle

1798.

rotated to the ARM position, the gas is diverted to the

interlocks on the underside of the dispenser assembly,

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