Darling Downs Soaring Club Hornet VH-GKJ Pilot Handling Manual And Conversion Document Download

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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.

Summary of Contents for Hornet VH-GKJ

Page 1: ...ng Club Hornet VH GKJ Serial Number 76 Pilot Handling Guide and Conversion Document Glasfl gel 206 Rev 1 15 November 2020 These notes are a conversion guide only and not a substitute for the Manufactu...

Page 2: ...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 re...

Page 3: ...ument 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 sailp...

Page 4: ...st 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 An...

Page 5: ...e 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 lugga...

Page 6: ...ide 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 cove...

Page 7: ...est 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 wi...

Page 8: ...ider 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 Batteri...

Page 9: ...ser 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...

Page 10: ...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 Pr...

Page 11: ...ansmit 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 do...

Page 12: ...o 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 wit...

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...

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Page 17: ...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 wit...

Page 18: ...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...

Page 19: ...ry 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...