Flight Manual STEMME S 10
Date of Issue Oct. 1, 1990 page: 42
Amendment No.: 8 Date: Jan. 10, 2014
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7.1 Introduction
This section provides description and operation advice of the motorglider and its systems and equipment.
Refer to section 9, Supplements, for details of optional systems and equipment.
7.2 Cockpit Controls
Each seat has a control stick and rudder pedals, and a brake and flap lever on the left hand side.
Canopy lock: One operating lever on left and one on right side of the canopy frame, as well as one at rear top
(whose function is the retention of the canopy for the first phase of the emergency canopy release).
Emergency canopy jettison: in addition to the side locking levers there is a pull lever in the control segment of
the instrument panel.
The brake for the main landing gear brake is operated with the hand lever fitted to the LH control stick.
Separate lever/rotary handle for parking brake valve on the floor panel console in front of the LH control stick
respectively lock LH brake lever with a pin to set parking brake. The same system for the RH stick is
available as an option.
The tail wheel is steered by the rudder pedals.
Trim, throttle and mixture lever are placed on a console between the seats.
The fuel cocks are fitted next to each other on a console between the seat backs.
The operating elements for the propeller are combined in the lower middle area of the instrument panel:
• lever to open and close the propeller cone
• lever to brake the propeller after switching off engine
• lever to position the propeller
Ventilation:
• Cabin: ventilation nozzle in the lower middle area (foot) of the instrument panel.
• Canopy: knob in the control segment of the instrument panel.
7.3 Instrumentation
The instrument panel is divided into three faces:
• in the left face the flight control instruments are fitted: ASI with indicating range of minimum 27 kts / 50
km/h up to 162 kts / 300 km/h, altimeter, magnetic compass and optional equipment.
• the center face is used for navigational instrumentation and further optional equipment.
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