RotorSport Bishops Castle, Руководство по обслуживанию

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Pilot Maintenance
A licensed pilot who is the owner or operator of the gyroplane may carry out certain
maintenance tasks prescribed in Air Navigation (General) Regulation 16. The issue of a
PMR is not required. The pilot must include his pilot's licence number with his signature in
the appropriate log book(s). The permitted pilot maintenance is as below;
PERMITTED PILOT MAINTENANCE
This section defines the type and extent of maintenance that may be carried out and
certified by a pilot who is the owner of the aircraft and operates under a CAA Permit to Fly.
Refer to CAA CAP 733 for more information. Some of the wording is adjusted to suit
gyroplane terminology.
1. Replacement of landing gear tyres.
(Including removal and replacement of wheels, cleaning and servicing of wheel
bearings, application of creep marks, removal and refitting of brake units to the extent
required for wheel removal and the removal and the renewal of brake pads/linings
when special tools are not required. Replenishment of hydraulic brake system fluid
level).
2. Replacement of defective safety wiring or split pins excluding those in engine,
transmission, flight control and rotor systems (but including those designed to be pilot
maintainable and shown in the pilots handbook, eg teeter bolt split pin).
3. Repairs to upholstery and decorative furnishing of the cabin or cockpit interior when
repair does not require dismantling of any structures or operating system or interfere
with an operating system or affect the structure of the aircraft.
4. Repairs, not requiring welding, to fairings, non-structural cover plates and cowlings.
5. Replacement of safety belts or safety harness.
6. Replacement of seats or seat parts not involving dismantling of any structure of any
operating system.
7. Replacement of bulbs, reflectors, glasses, lenses or lights.
8. Replacement of any cowling not requiring removal of the propeller, rotors or
disconnection of engine or flight controls.
9. Replacement of unserviceable sparking plugs.
(Including removal, cleaning, gapping, testing and refitting of all spark plugs).
10.Replacement of batteries.
(Including maintenance of lead acid batteries)
11.Replacement of wings (rotors) and tail surfaces and controls, the attachments of which
are designed to provide for assembly immediately before each flight and dismantling
after each flight.
12.Replacement of main rotor blades that are designed for removal where special tools
are not required (as is the case on the MT series).
13.Replacement of VHF communications equipment, only if is not combined with
navigation equipment.
14.Manufacture and installation of required cockpit placards and notices.
15.Lubrication of aircraft.
(Including prior cleaning of hinges)
16.Inspection of engine induction air filter.
(Including removal, cleaning and refitting (with wirelock)).
17.Inspection of fuel filters.
(Including removal, cleaning and refitting).
18.Changing of engine oil.
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