Maintenance Manual LS8
Issued: February 2011 TN8019
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3
Inspections ...............................................................................................3-1
3.1
Ordinary inspections ................................................................................3-1
3.2
Extraordinary inspections after heavy landings.......................................3-5
3.3
Inspection procedure for increase of service time ...................................3-6
3.4
Lubrication schedule................................................................................3-7
4
Working instructions................................................................................4-1
4.1
Removal and installation of control surfaces...........................................4-1
4.1.1
Ailerons ..............................................................................................4-1
4.1.2
Elevator ..............................................................................................4-3
4.1.3
Rudder................................................................................................4-4
4.2
Installation of control surface gap seals...................................................4-5
4.2.1
Gap seals ailerons...............................................................................4-5
4.2.2
Gap seals elevator ..............................................................................4-9
4.2.3
Gap seals rudder..............................................................................4-10
4.3
Seat shell removal and installation ........................................................4-11
4.4
Adjustment of water ballast system .......................................................4-12
4.4.1
Adjustment of water ballast system LS8 .........................................4-12
4.4.2
Adjustment of water ballast system LS8-a, LS8-b, LS8-18 ............4-13
4.4.2.1
Adjustment of water ballast system LS8-a, LS8-b, LS8-18,
instructions for all versions..........................................................4-13
4.4.2.2
Adjustment of water ballast system LS8-a and LS8-18 with slide in
tail fin tank ...................................................................................4-13
4.4.2.3
Adjustment of water ballast system LS8-b and LS8-a and LS8-18
with integral tail tank ...................................................................4-16
4.5
Removal and installation of the slide-in tail tank ..................................4-18
4.6
Removal and installation of wing waterballast bags only LS8 ...............4-19
4.7
Removal and installation of the C.G. hook............................................4-21
4.8
Removal and installation of the nose hook............................................4-23
5
Control surfaces .......................................................................................5-1
5.1
Control surface deflection limits..............................................................5-1
5.2
Control surface mass and mass balance...................................................5-2
5.2.1
Data ....................................................................................................5-2
5.2.2
Instructions.........................................................................................5-4
5.3
Control surfaces free play ........................................................................5-5
5.4
Control surfaces friction ..........................................................................5-5
5.5
Limit values for control surface deflections ............................................5-6
6
List of special tools ..................................................................................6-1