F
F
L
L
I
I
G
G
H
H
T
T
T
T
R
R
A
A
I
I
N
N
I
I
N
N
G
G
S
S
U
U
P
P
P
P
L
L
E
E
M
M
E
E
N
N
T
T
for SPORT
STAR
Light Sport Aircraft
Document No.: S2006FTSUS Revision: -
Date of Issue: 15/01/2006
Page:
102/130
Now you are ready for takeoff and can request for takeoff clearance from
the control tower.
If a flight hour meter is installed in your airplane and you want to measure
the air time then start the timer before the brake release.
After you get takeoff clearance apply full power with the throttle lever and
release the toe-brake pedals..
4.16.4 Takeoff and Transition to the Climb
The take off and the transition to the climb are all listed in greater detail in
previous chapters, which includes adding power, releasing the brakes,
when the airplane starts to move and the takeoff run, the liftoff,
acceleration, the transition to the climb and the climb itself.
Retract the wing flaps at approximately 150 ft (50 m) above ground..
4.16.5 Climb
According to local procedures and conditions at the airport and circuit
procedure, it may be necessary to reduce power after takeoff because the
Sportstar’s climb performance is very high (the rate of climb is above 880
ft/min) and you would reach the required circuit height very soon (the first
turn after takeoff is usually done at 300ft/100m and the circuit height is
usually 1000 ft /300m).
4.16.6 1st
Turn
The first turn follows the climb after takeoff phase and is usually executed
at 300ft/100m, but its altitude may change due to local procedures,
conditions and requirements. Climb at the optimum speed of 62 KIAS,
115km/h, 71 mph and execute first turn with a 15 degrees angle of bank.
The turn should be done with 90 degrees of heading change i.e. after
having turned you should be perpendicular with the runway direction. You
can check the direction by a quick look at the magnetic compass or the
directional gyro. If the circuit pattern is practiced in calm wind conditions,
then the direction of the turn would not be affected by the wind. However,
these conditions occur so rarely that the wind should be taken into
consideration when making the turns , which will cause the airplane to drift,
thus the airplane will either be turned with a radius that is too large , or with
a turn radius that is too small if the wind is not taken into consideration. The
takeoff is usually executed into the wind , so the first turn is intentionally not
