Pipistrel Virus 912, Flight And Maintenance Manual

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Limitations
WARNING!
Should you find water drops on the airframe during preflight check-up at
temperatures close to freezing, you may expect icing to appear in flight. Spoilers (airbrakes) are
especially prone to icing under such circumstances. As water may accumulate underneath the
top plate(s), spoilers may freeze to the wing surface. Should this occur, you will most definitely be
unable to extend spoilers before the ice melts. Therefore, flying under circumstances mentioned
above, it is recommended to extend and retract the spoilers in flight frequently to prevent its sur-
face freezing to the airframe.
Minimum equipment list
• Airspeed indicator
• Altimeter
• Compass
• Tachometer (RPM)
Other restrictions
Due to flight safety reasons it is forbidden to:
• fly in heavy rainfalls;
• fly during thunderstorm activity;
• fly in a blizzard;
• fly according to instrumental flight rules (IFR) or attempt to fly in zero visibility condi-
tions (IMC);
• fly when outside air temperature (OAT) reaches 40°C or higher;
• perform any form of aerobatic flying;
• take off and land with flaps retracted or set to negative (-5°) position;
• take off with spoilers extended.
Warning placecards
Virus 912 is categorised as an Ultralight aircraft and must wear a warning
placecard as such. The placecard indicates the
aircraft was not built according to the ICAO standards and is therefore
flown completely at pilot’s own risk
.