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The Aerospace Recommended Practice will focus on the areas of helicopter hoist design that require more detailed guidance than is required in the Aerospace Standard, to keep the AS from being too prescriptive and explicit. The ARP will expand on areas such as fatigue substantiation, damage tolerance evaluation, functional hazard assessment and analysis, cable-specific requirements such as cable abrasion, sharp edge, and design criteria.

This SAE Aerospace Standard (AS) specifies minimum operation performance requirements for helicopter hoists. This document covers criteria for hoist systems that are intended for use on helicopter platforms for a variety of missions, including but not limited to, search and rescue (SAR) operations, fire control/support, offshore windfarm maintenance, transferring harbor pilots, and power line maintenance. Helicopter hoist minimum performance characteristics are specified for standard and other environmental conditions for the purpose of product qualification. Compliance with this standard is not considered approval for installation on any aircraft.