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Flight Manual LS 8-18 Limitations
2.10 Minimum Equipment List
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Airspeed Indicator: scale 50-300 km/h (27-162 Kt.; 31-186 mph)
Colour marking see page 2-3.
Approved types see Master Equipment List in Maintenance Manual.
Pressure pick-ups: vertical tail fin pitot and lower forward fuselage side statics.
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Altimeter: scale in m or ft.
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Remote indicating thermometer: approved types see Master Equipment List in Maintenance Manual.
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Four piece seat belt harness: approved types see Master Equipment List in Maintenance Manual.
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Vertical tail filling tube adapter: for checking of tail fin tank valve function (one of three removable
filling funnel adapters)
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Magnetic compass: (for USA and Canada)
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Back cushion or parachute, in compressed form not thinner than 5 cm (2 in)
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Checklist, Type placard, Data and loading placard, Operating placards
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Flight Manual LS8-18
Additionally for cloud flying
:
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Airspeed Indicator: recommended: scale 50-300 km/h
with 1 turn only
(27-162 Kt.; 30-186 mph)
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Turn and bank indicator
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Compass, compensated in sailplane
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Variometer: recommended: range at least ±10 m/s (2000 ft/min; 20 Kt.)
2.11 Aero tow, Winch-launch and Auto-tow
Maximum approved winch-launch speed:....
140 km/h (76 Kt.; 87 mph)
(also valid for Auto-tow)
Maximum approved aero tow speed:....
190 km/h (103 Kt.; 118 mph)
Weak links
for
winch-launch
.............................. maximum
8250
Newton (825 kg; 1819 lbs)
Recommended: Tost weak link No. 3, colour code
red
,
.......................................rated break away load 7500 Newton (750 kg; 1653 lbs)
for
aero tow
.............................. maximum
6600
Newton (660 kg; 1455 lbs)
Recommended: Tost weak link No. 5, colour code
blue
,
rated break away load 6000 Newton (600 kg; 1323 lbs)
Minimum tow cable length
for aero tow ..........................
30
m (100 ft)
recommended length .................up to
80
m (260 ft)
Important Note: During motor glider tow, limitations regarding weak link and tow cable length
must be obeyed.
Edition: July 1999
LBA-appr. Revision - 0
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