EV-97 Eurostar SL Microlight Maintenance Manual GEN/EUR/04 Issue 4
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Wing flaps are controlled by a gated lever located between the seats; the lever is released by
pressing the lock button on the lever’s end.
Push – pull movement of the lever is translated into a longitudinal movement of a push rod by a
quadrant mounted at its base. The other end of the push rod connects to the arm of a torque tube
passing across the fuselage and exiting the wall at each side adjacent to the flap end. An arm on
each end of the torque tube engages in slots in the flap end to deploy or retract the flaps. Where
the arm engages in the flap end, an eccentric is provided to permit fine adjustment and balance of
the flaps’ deflections. The system is shown below:
2.16 Elevator Trim
The elevator’s trim tab is moved by a control lever located between the seats. Movement of the
lever is passed to a pair of Bowden cables which run along the fuselage floor to the elevator trim
tab.
2.17 Power Plant
An 80hp Rotax 912 UL engine drives a 3 blade Woodcomp 170/3/R or a Kievprop 237/1700
propeller via a 2.27:1 reduction drive gearbox. The Rotax 912UL is a 4-stroke, 4 cylinder,
