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XT 582 Maintenance Manual
Issue 1.0
September 21st 2005
Page 6
Format
The manual has been prepared using the ATA format, which provides a standard layout of the chapters
to be included, and their content. Some of the chapters are not included as they are deemed to be not
applicable to this aircraft.
The information in this manual is based on the data that was available at the time of its publication. The
latest amendments to this manual will be issued on the Airborne website in PDF format. This should be
printed out and added to the manual. Therefore it is important that operators keep a regular check on
the website for any amendments that have been made. If any errors or omissions are found in this
manual please advise the factory.
MANDATORY SERVICE BULLETINS
Note: This manual is based on the XT 912 manual. Some photos and illustrations show the XT 912
base.
WARNING
REPAIRS SHOULD NOT BE CONDUCTED UPON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AS THEIR
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IS CRITICAL TO SAFETY.
THE MAST STRUCTURES, HANG POINT, BASE BEAM, FRONT FORK ATTACHMENT
ASSEMBLY, LANDING GEAR STRUTS.
OTHER MINOR REPAIRS CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA AC 43.13 1B
WARNING
THE INFORMATION IN THIS MANUAL NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED, AND IT IS NOT
ACCEPTABLE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS AND OR PHYSICAL FEATURES OF
THIS AIRCRAFT. IN PARTICULAR THE GRADES OF BOLTS THAT HAVE BEEN UTILISED IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS AIRCRAFT ARE CRITICAL FOR ITS CONTINUING
AIRWORTHINESS. NEVER REPLACE BOLTS WITH ANY OTHER SIZE OR GRADE. GRADE 8
BOLTS ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE WITH AIRCRAFT (AN) GRADE BOLTS. THE FATIGUE
CHARACTERISTICS OF AIRCRAFT GRADE BOLTS ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHER BOLTS AND
ALLOW LONGER SAFE SERVICE LIFE UNDER CYCLIC LOADS LIKE THOSE EXPERIENCED IN
AIRCRAFT. THE LENGTH OF BOLT IS IMPORTANT. IF A SHORTER BOLT IS USED THE
THREAD MAY ENCROACH ON THE LOAD BEARING AREA, WHICH INCREASES THE
STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY IT.
AS THE SERVICE HISTORY OF THE AIRFRAME EVOLVES AIRBORNE WILL FROM TIME TO
TIME ISSUE MANDATORY SERVICE BULLETINS, WHICH DETAIL ANY CHANGES TO THE
MAINTENANCE MANUALS, PILOT’S OPERATING HANDBOOK, OR ANY OTHER DETAILS
THAT AIRBORNE DEEMS NECESSARY FOR OWNERS TO BE NOTIFIED OF.
THE WEB ADDRESS FOR SERVICE BULLETINS IS:
HTTP://WWW.AIRBORNE.COM.AU/
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OPERATOR TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANY ROTAX
DIRECTIVES THROUGH THE ROTAX WEBSITE.