Maintenance Manual STEMME S10-VT
Date of Issue: Jan. 01, 1998
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Amendment Nr. 0
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3.1.3 Tail Unit
Horizontal Tail
T-arrangement, easy removable (simple spring-bolt connection),
Stabiliser as sandwich construction of CFRP, elevator made of CFRP.
Elevator slots sealed by elastic tape.
Boundary layer turbulator (adhesive 60° zigzag tape, leading edge at 65% of chord, 12 x 0.5 mm / 0.47 x
0.02 in.) on upper and lower side for defined flow transition.
Vertical Tail
Stabiliser as a sandwich construction of CFRP, rudder as a sandwich construction of GFRP,
rudder slot sealed by elastic tape with integrated zigzag turbulator (combi-tape),
COM antenna integrated in rudder.
3.2 Cockpit
3.2.1 General
The two seats are arranged side by side. The GFRP seat back rests are multi-adjustable. Each seat is
equipped with 4-point seat belts and a central harness.
Dual controls are provided. Between the seats a console covers systems and the drive shaft tunnel. The
mushroom-style panel arrangement has three separate areas: LH side, centre and RH side.
The one-piece canopy is hinged at the front and held in opened position by gas springs. Three canopy locks
on both, left hand and right hand side, are operated by one locking lever on each side. One lock to improve
canopy emergency jettisoning ("Roeger-hook") is installed in the rear upper canopy frame, to be operated by
the handle next to it.
Emergency jettisoning: open both locking levers on sides and pull the red T-shaped handle on the instrument
panel for emergency jettisoning. The canopy hinge opens and is lifted by a gas spring by approximately
100 mm / 4 in. The Roeger hook must remain closed, since it is the axis of rotation until the canopy is
jettisoned.
The cockpit is ventilated via two nozzles (LH and RH side) in the instrument panel. The canopy ventilation is
via openings in the canopy frame. The cockpit heating is by power-plant waste heat (optional equipment).
