ICON A5-B - Chapter 08 Handling and Servicing; Ground Handling

HANDLING AND SERVICING / INTRODUCTION 8-1
Chapter 08
CHANGE A0 ICON A5-B / PILOT’S OPERATING HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 8
HANDLING AND SERVICING
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Ground Handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Manual Wing Fold System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Horizontal Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-7
Water in Wing Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Servicing Operational Fluids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Approved Fuel Grades and Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Approved Oil Grades and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Cleaning and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-12
8.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter contains ICON recommended practices for ground
handling, tie-down, servicing of fluids, and general care of your
A5-B.
Note that all maintenance, repairs, or alterations of this aircraft must
be performed in accordance with the aircraft Maintenance Manual.
8.2 GROUND HANDLING
8.2.1 TRAILERING
While the A5-B with its folding wings and removable horizontal tail
tips is designed for trailering, it must be transported only on a
type-specific ICON A5-B trailer. The suspension of ICON’s A5-B
trailers has been designed, prototyped, tested, revised, and retested
to ensure that the shock and vibrations from the trailer stay below
the design limits for all components of the airplane. Trailering the
airplane on a trailer other than the one ICON designed for the A5-B
will have unknown and possibly severe consequences for the
airworthiness of the A5-B and therefore is prohibited.