STEMME S12, Maintenance Manual

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DOCUMENT NUMBER:
L500-912.820 ISSUE JUL 20, 2016
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CHAPTER- PAGE 6-2
MAINTENANCE MANUAL STEMME S12
During lifting and lowering of the aircraft, the wing chord should remain almost horizontal.
The fuselage with wing removed should be supported
• either in a felt-covered, adapted rigid tray, width 1 m / 3.28 ft and length 0.4 m / 15.75 in
directly in front of the landing gear doors, or
• by removing the front wing attachment bolts and by replacing the bolts by round steel
bars of St 37 or similar, Ø 19.8 ± 0.1 mm / 0.78 ±.004 in, 0.30 m / 11.81 in length. The steel
bars must be inserted by 0.15 m / 5.91 in and must be secured against displacement. The
fuselage can be suspended or supported at these bolts.
For rigging and derigging refer to the S12 Aircraft Flight Manual, chapter »4«.
For transport refer to the S12 Aircraft Flight Manual, chapter »8«.