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Pilot Handling Guide 

Hornet VH- GMV 

 

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

 

General notes on conversions 

 

 

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Basic overview 

 

 

 

 

.2 

External features 

 

 

 

 

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Limitations 

 

 

 

 

 

.2 

Cockpit features 

 

 

 

 

.3 

Trim Ballast 

 

 

 

 

.4 

Daily inspection notes 

 

 

 

.4 

Glider accessories and Storage 

 

 

.5 

Flight characteristics   

 

 

 

.6 

 

Controls 

 

 

 

 

.6 

 

Aerotow 

 

 

 

 

.6 

 

Thermalling   

 

 

 

.6 

 

Cruising 

 

 

 

 

.6 

 

Stalling 

 

 

 

 

.6 

 

Spinning 

 

 

 

 

.6 

 

Water ballast   

 

 

 

.6 

 

Circuit and landing 

 

 

 

.6 

Pilot responsibilities   

 

 

 

.7 

Supplementary notes (Trailing edge airbrakes) 

.7 

Содержание Hornet VH-GMV

Страница 1: ...versions 2 Basic overview 2 External features 2 Limitations 2 Cockpit features 3 Trim Ballast 4 Daily inspection notes 4 Glider accessories and Storage 5 Flight characteristics 6 Controls 6 Aerotow 6 Thermalling 6 Cruising 6 Stalling 6 Spinning 6 Water ballast 6 Circuit and landing 6 Pilot responsibilities 7 Supplementary notes Trailing edge airbrakes 7 ...

Страница 2: ...iving characteristics The aircraft has retractable undercarriage trailing edge airbrakes and water ballast bags in the wings The Hornet is the first cross country glider in the club fleet Minimum hours to fly the Hornet are 40 hours total with 20 hours single seater experience External Features Airbrakes Trailing edge speed limiting type Flaps Not fitted Wings 15m with winglets Undercarrige Retrac...

Страница 3: ...s close and lock both levers when leaving or ground handling glider Trim Ballast No ballast compartment Instruments Radio Vario Flarm Navagation Logger Becker Borgelt B400 Yes N A Colibri 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 differen...

Страница 4: ...o the daily inspection routine Tyre Pressures Main Wheel 36 psi Tail Wheel 22 psi Main Pin One main pin with a spring loaded lock Always check TE probe Pitot tube and Static Ports for blockages from wasp nests Check control box at the base of the control column Foreign objects can get lodged in and jam controls Make sure the boot covering the box is secure and tight Open and check trailing edge ai...

Страница 5: ...ed 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 pilots head in the cockpit Care must taken to ensure cover is kept clean as any dirt will scratch the canopy when cover is installed Always store the glider with the canopy cover on side window closed and airbrakes unlocked to redu...

Страница 6: ...very is progressive forward movement of the stick until flying speed is returned Stall speed is 35 42 knots without water 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 Although the Hornet can be landed with water ballast still on board it is recommended to dump before l...

Страница 7: ...e glider now stalls because the stall speed is now higher than the airspeed with the brakes away It is easy to see that main problem with this argument is that the pilot should not be flying so slow in the first place and one could say that they are asking for trouble no matter what type of airbrake system they are using Simply put if you have the correct airspeed the change in stall speed will no...

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