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Darling Downs Soaring Club

Hornet VH-GKJ

Serial Number 76

Pilot Handling Guide and Conversion Document

Glasflügel 206

Rev 1 15 November 2020

These notes are a conversion guide only and not a substitute for the Manufacturer’s Flight

Manual.

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Page 1: ...ing Club Hornet VH GKJ Serial Number 76 Pilot Handling Guide and Conversion Document Glasflügel 206 Rev 1 15 November 2020 These notes are a conversion guide only and not a substitute for the Manufacturer s Flight Manual ...

Page 2: ...r Accessories and Storage 6 Flight Characteristics 7 Controls 7 Takeoff and Aerotow 7 General 7 Thermalling 7 Cruising 7 Stalling 7 Spinning 7 Water Ballast 7 Airbrakes 7 Circuit and Landing 7 Pilot responsibilities 8 Instrumentation 8 Batteries 8 OpenVario 8 S10 Vario 10 Flarm 10 Dittolog 10 MicroAir Radio 10 Air Avionics Digital Altimeter 11 Shutting down the Instruments 12 End of the Day 12 Rig...

Page 3: ...cument and the flight manual When you go to do your conversion an instructor will give you a quiz on the important aspects of converting to the glider Basic Overview The Hornet is a 15m unflapped sailplane constructed of fibreglass manufactured by Glasflügel The aircraft is a perfect first cross country glider with forgiving characteristics The aircraft has retractable undercarriage trailing edge ...

Page 4: ...ust be secured on the harness attachment points Instruments See specific section Seat Adjustment Backrest angle can be adjusted by moving knob on Right side of cockpit forward or back Control Column Anti P I O Pilot Induced Oscillation parallelogram type Control column has a slightly different feel but is easy to get used to Ventilation Right side of instrument panel Trim Green button on control C...

Page 5: ...re batteries are secured Batteries are located in a metal box behind the spars to stop fore and aft movement Inserting the Batteries Figure 1 battery straps Figure 2 batteries on strap holder The luggage compartment lid can be lifted and held on Velcro on the top of the fuselage area to keep it out of the way The batteries should be put together on the support plate with the straps to hold them to...

Page 6: ...side of the wing walker and tail dolly is in good order and is clean Storage of tow out gear when not in use is marked on the wall of the hangar Do not leave it on the ground GKJ also has a canopy cover The cover must be installed when the glider is not in use and make sure to attach the straps underneath also When the glider is being flown store the cover in the baggage compartment behind the pil...

Page 7: ...best LD at about 50 knots Stalling The glider stalls in the conventional manner Recovery is progressive forward movement of the stick until flying speed is returned Stall speed is 35 42 knots varies with pilot weight Stall speed brakes open is about 2 knots LOWER Spinning The Hornet has typical spin characteristics and recovers easily with the standard spin recovery technique Water Ballast Do not ...

Page 8: ...lider Understand how to operate the glider including limitations Understand how to Rig De Rig the glider Make yourself familiar with the Hornet trailer Instrumentation Figure 4 Instrument panel Batteries Master battery turns on the electrics UP for ON Down for OFF Select either A or B Note that changing batteries from A to B or B to A momentarily switches off the electrics and will restart instrum...

Page 9: ...user only Waypoint files are loaded onto the dedicated USB stick uploads xcsoar directory then transferred to Openvario outside the XCSoar program either Quit XCSoar or ESC during startup when prompted Once loaded they need to be added using the XC Soar menu Note a waypoint file is setup already on the imaged files by default Setting a Task o Easiest way is to save your set task and only this one ...

Page 10: ...d down and cannot be changed without the password Safety height is set to 1000ft Operation o Pressing any of the buttons or rotary knobs will turn on the S10 o Select DDSC o Select your QNH Height o Press the Middle button to proceed o Hold down the bottom button for 5 seconds to turn off https gliding lxnav com products s10 docs For more quick information see page 17 S10 Operation from the Manual...

Page 11: ...ransmit Annunciator Red Green LED 5 Mode Switch Momentary push down switch 6 Frequency Adjust Rotate for MHZ adjust Push briefly to change to KHZ Rotate for KHZ adjust 7 Toggle switch Momentary push down switch 11 LCD Display Two lines of eight characters each Air Avionics Digital Altimeter Figure 6 altimeter main screen Figure 7 altimeter Baro adjust screen The Altimeter turns on with main power ...

Page 12: ...wn to OFF Altimeter Dittolog and Flarm shut off with the master End of the Day Turn off the undercarriage warning switch Clean the canopy Add canopy cover 2 Batteries on charge Always store the glider with the canopy cover on side window closed and airbrakes unlocked If stored with one wing down place some protective carpet and a wing weight on the lowered wingtip and remove or choke the tail doll...

Page 13: ... wing first double spar end 10 Lift the wingtip with its support away from the wall of the trailer and place the two rollers onto a ridge on the floor which enables a clear run for the rollers all the way out of the trailer while one person keeps the wing upright The wing root holder has a stop that prevents it running off the trailer door 11 Lift the wing root off the spar holder pull the wing ou...

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Page 17: ...t slide the intermediate support to the proper position and lift the wing into its final position while keeping the wing upright 11 Secure the wing at the front and middle of the trailer 12 Proceed with the left wing accordingly 13 Replace the canopy 14 Roll the fuselage with its trolley into the trailer and secure all fittings in the trailer inner clamp nuts on the wing roots etc 15 Install the t...

Page 18: ...t 18 The lower rotary knob is used to adjust settings within the current mode or within menus With the lower rotary push button it is possible to toggle between the MC and the Ballast and Bugs settings In all other menus this knob is used for setting values and editing texts ...

Page 19: ...ary knobs will turn on the S8x S10x The first LXNAV welcome screen will appear with the system information Device name Version Serial number The S8xD rear seat unit cannot be powered up before the S8x S10x has been powered up 2 Push button used for Mode selection Confirm option in some menus 1 Rotary switch with push button Enter and operate only in the volume menu 3 Push button used for Switch be...

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