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Ka8 retrieve guide
April 2015
3.
Remove the parachute and any personal equipment and place in the towing
vehicle.
4.
The rudder lock is kept on the tailplane holder (see picture above)—this
must be fitted to the glider whilst being towed on the trailer to hold the
rudder as the glider is towed tail first. So fit this now.
5.
Open the canopy and support it whilst unclipping the canopy support strap
and the jettison strap. Remove the canopy and set it down somewhere safe
away from the activity. Beware of a strong wind picking it up.
6.
Undo the wing-nuts on the centre fairing. Remove the fairing, replace the
wing-nuts loosely on their studs and place the fairing near the canopy.
7.
Remove the safety pins from the aileron and airbrake control linkages at the
wing roots. Withdraw the linkage pins to disconnect the controls. Place the
felt pads on the safety pins and secure the safety pins through the linkage
pin head loops.
8.
Remove the tailplane:
•
First, on the trailer, loosen the clamp bolts and open the clamps on the
tailplane holder (as shown on the photograph above).
•
Next undo the small safety pin on the elevator trim tab actuating rod.
Remove the pin and washer, disengage the rod from the tab, then
replace the pin and washer on the rod, securing them with the safety
pin. Tie the rod to the rudder cable to avoid its thrashing about.
Tailplane holder
Tool box
Wing
clamps
Fuselage
this side
Wings this
side
Tool bag
