TRAINING SYSTEMS

T53, T55, T56, T700 Engine Maintenance Interactive Courseware

The T53 engine is used in the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters. The T55 engine is used in the CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The T56 engine is used in the C-130 transport and refueling aircraft. The T700 engine is used in the AH-64 Apache and the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.

In order to provide a broader knowledge base for mechanics being trained as aircraft power plant repairers, the U.S. Army and Navy elected to have organizational and intermediate maintenance level interactive courseware (ICW) produced to simulate repair procedures and troubleshooting for these engines.

TSM, as a training systems support contractor, developed and implemented in excess of 70 lesson hours of ICW. The lessons covered basic principles of gas turbine engine functional operation, troubleshooting, repair and component removal and installation procedures at the organizational and intermediate maintenance levels.

Test equipment taught as part of engine lessons include the temperature datum test set, tachometer test set, thermocouple tester, and the synchrophaser test set.