Eiri KY PIK-20 E - Flight Control and Flap System; Dive Brake Control

67 pages

Save Page as PDF

To Next Page

To Next Page

To Previous Page

To Previous Page

Loading...

^PIK

-20

E

Flight

manual

------------------------------------

^

ture,

PVC-foam

between

epoxy

laminates.

The

wing

spar

caps

are

ma

de

of

carbon

fibre.

The

fuselage

is

made

of

epoxy

laminates

stiffened

with

seven

ribs

in

the

fuselage

and

two

in

the

fin.

The

cockpit

area

is

reinforced

with

a

double

bottom

and

two

carbon

fibre

beams.

The

engine

opening

is

stiffened

with

two

large

diameter

beams.

The

retractable

engine

is

situated

behind

the

wing

in

the

fuselage.

The

ret



ractable

main

landing

wheel

is

equipped

with

a

drum

brake.

The

stee

rable

tail

wheel

is

located

under

the

vertical

stabilizer.

The

whole

trailing-edge

flap

(flaperon)

is

utilized

as

aileron

and

flap

control.

Aileron

neutral

position

travels

with

flap

setting

up

12°

to

down

16°.

Flaps

may

be

used

to

improve

performance

while

thermalling

and

gliding

and

during

landing

as

landing flaps.

The

"T"-

configuration

tail

unit

has

con



ventional

elevator

and

rudder

surfaces.

2.2

Flight

control

and

flap

system

The

primary

flight

control

surfaces

(ailerons,

elevator

and

rudder)

are

connected

to

a

conventional

control

stick

and

rudder

pedal

arrange



ment.

The

elevator

trim

is

controlled

by

a

green

knob

located

on

the

left

side

console.

It

is

connected

to

the

elevator

control

system

by

a

spring.

The

trim

is

also

connected

to

the

flap

deflection

so

that

you

have

to

trim

the

sailplane

only

once

at

your

weight

to

fly

with

0°

flaps

at

100

km/h.

After

that

you

trim

the

sailplane

by

moving

the

flap

control

arm,

and

you

will

then

automatically

have

the

optimum

flap

deflection

for

any

speed

(see

7.3.1).

The

positive

range

is

optimized

for

circling

and

the

negative

range

for

cruising.

For

landing,

the

sailplane

has

to

be

trim



med

once

again.

The

black

trailing

edge

flaps

control

arm

is

located

to

the

left

of

pilot's

seat.

The

markings

for

flap

deflection

are

on

the

side

panel.

Full

negati



ve

position

is

forward.

2.3

Dive

brake

control

The

blue

dive

brake

control

is

situated

together

with

the

flap

control

on

EIRI

ky

---------

---------------------------

J

Kisällinkatu

8

SF-15170

Lahti

17

page

I

-4

Table of Contents

Other manuals for Eiri KY PIK-20 E

Service Manual49 pages