F
F
L
L
I
I
G
G
H
H
T
T
T
T
R
R
A
A
I
I
N
N
I
I
N
N
G
G
S
S
U
U
P
P
P
P
L
L
E
E
M
M
E
E
N
N
T
T
for SPORT
STAR
Light Sport Aircraft
Document No.: S2006FTSUS Revision: -
Date of Issue: 15/01/2006
Page:
80/130
The take-off distance will be longer if you execute a tail wind take-
off, however the pilot technique does not differ from the one used
for the headwind take-off.
The airplane starts to leave the ground at a speed of around 65
km/h IAS 35 KIAS, 65 km/h, 40 mp/h and its nose has a slight
tendency to continue in pitching up. The pilot shall eliminate that by
moving the control stick slightly forward to bring the airplane into
the phase for acceleration to reach a safe speed for climbing. After
reaching the airspeed of approximately 59-62 KIAS, 110-115 km/h,
68-71 mph gradually pull the control stick back to transit to climbing
(the stick should be pulled back at a rate which will maintain the
speed i.e. to not increase or decrease the speed ).
You may be surprised by a relatively fast take-off roll and liftoff of
the airplane (within 7 seconds). Especially at the beginning, when
you familiarize yourself with the Sportstar we recommend for you to
practice the take-off roll and transition to the climb not with full
power setting but with power slightly reduced (throttle lever set to
between ½ up to ¾ of its full travel) to have more time to execute
all phases of takeoff ( takeoff roll, lift off, acceleration, transition to
the climb and the climb).
22. If you start with a crosswind then there are two ways to eliminate
drift:
a) To deflect rudder pedal downwind (left crosswind- right rudder
pedal) and move aileron control towards the upwind (left
crosswind- stick to the left). The airplane will bank against the
wind and its longitudinal axix will maintain runway direction.
b) wind drift may be eliminated after liftoff during the phase of
acceleration by deflection of the upwind rudder pedal (left
crosswind-left pedal) and then neutralize the rudder control.
The airplane will then turn into the wind and then fly yawed
into the wind. There will be a angle between the departure
path and the airplane’s heading because the airplane is flying
into the wind. However this technique can be a bit risky
because if the airplane is turned into the wind too soon after
lift-off and the airplane looses height and touches the ground
again while turned into the wind (a “crab” landing), the landing
gear and the airplane in such a case could be damaged.
