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- Page 1 Darling Downs Soaring Club Inc Rigging and De-Rigging Instructions LS7 – XOW Overview – Page 2 Rigging – page 3 De-Rigging – page 19...
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Page 2: Tool Box Contents
Trailer Interior Lights The LS7’s trailer has interior lights to aid de-rigging in the dark. Plug trailer into the car and unhook the electrical wire from underneath of the front of the draw bar. - Page 3 LS7 Rigging Instructions RIGGING PREPARATION - FRONT OF THE TRAILER 1. Park the trailer, 2. Chock the wheels 3. Apply the hand brake 4. Raise the front of the trailer 5. Extend the jacking post to hold the trailer in place.
- Page 4 LS7 Rigging Instructions 8. Clean the wing root fittings. 9. Grease the wing root fittings. 10. Remove the spar locking pin Page 4 of 27...
- Page 5 LS7 Rigging Instructions 11. Slacken off the turnbucke holding the rope from the glider’s release hook. 12. Free the rope from the turnbuckle. PREPARATION – REAR OF THE TRAILER Open the rear of the trailer. Lay the back door of the...
- Page 6 LS7 Rigging Instructions Undo the strap 16. Fold back the cradle carrier. 17. Remove the tailplane Page 6 of 27...
- Page 7 LS7 Rigging Instructions (Two large safety pins hold the two tailplane frames in place in the trailer) 18. Remove the tailplane with the frames intact. 19. Place the tailplane safely on the side of the trailer, out of the way of the remainder of the rigging process.
- Page 8 LS7 Rigging Instructions 20. Remember to lift the tailplane door compartment. 21. Unlatch the strap holding down the rear fuselage. 22. Carefully roll the fuselage back, taking care not to let the top of the fin interfere with the top of the trailer.
- Page 9 LS7 Rigging Instructions 23. Allow the fuselage cradle to rest on the door as shown. 24. Release the rope from the release hook and place at the front of the trailer. Place back into tool box at the front of the trailer for storage.
- Page 10 LS7 Rigging Instructions 26. Leave the clean and greased main pins in the cockpit and on a rag. Make sure the airbrake lever is “cracked open” just past the overcentre lock to aid in putting the wings on. 27. Place the wing stand on the port side.
- Page 11 LS7 Rigging Instructions 29. Roll the port wing out of the trailer, taking care not to let the wing get too close to the fuselage wing root area 30. Place port wing into the root area of the fuselage. Page 11 of 27...
- Page 12 LS7 Rigging Instructions 31. Place wing stand under the port wing to support it. The gap in the wing-to-fuselage should be like this. 32. Roll back the starboard wing, taking care not to let the wing get too close to the fuselage wing root area.
- Page 13 LS7 Rigging Instructions 33. Place the starboard wing into the fuselage (LS7 has quick-connect fittings). Make sure starboard wing spar stub inserts into fuselage flat or damage may occur when it gets pushed up against the port wing. 34. Ensure both wings are properly located into the fuselage.
- Page 14 LS7 Rigging Instructions 37. Lock both main pins as shown. 38. Put the undercarriage down and lock it down. Page 14 of 27...
- Page 15 LS7 Rigging Instructions 39. Roll the fuselage back from the trailer. 40. Attach the winglets ATTACHING THE TAILPLANE 41. Clean and grease the tailplane fittings. Page 15 of 27...
- Page 16 LS7 Rigging Instructions 42. Clean and grease the fittings on the top of the fin. 43. Fit the Total Energy Tube (this can be done later) 44. Remove the two tailplane frames. Page 16 of 27...
- Page 17 LS7 Rigging Instructions 45. Attach the tailplane, locating the rear pins first. Tailplane locking-screw shown here. Do not over tighten nut. Do not wiggle tailplane to help lock into postion. Give a light tap on the tailplane leading edge if needed.
- Page 18 LS7 Rigging Instructions 46. Use the screwdriver situated in the toolbox (a 10 cent piece can be used, but not preferable) to tighten up the lock on the tailplane till firm. Replace screwdriver back in toolbox when finished. FINISHING UP 47.
- Page 19 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions DE-RIGGING PREPARATION - GLIDER 1. Remove tape from wing roots, tailplane lock, and winglets. 2. Remove winglets and set aside in a safe area. 3. Remove the total energy tube and place in a safe area. PREPARATION - FRONT OF THE TRAILER 4.
- Page 20 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 10. Locate the “pin” at approximately the 13th hole of the jacking post. 11. Open the rear of the trailer. 12. Lay the back door of the trailer flat. Page 20 of 27...
- Page 21 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 13. Undo the strap 14. Fold back the cradle carrier and set cradle in the rails. 15. Unlock the wing nuts on each of the aileron/trailing edge supports, and remove them. Page 21 of 27...
- Page 22 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 16. Attach the rope to the release hook (to be used to secure the fuselage at front of the trailer). The rope should be found in the Toolbox at the front of the trailer. 17. Use the screwdriver...
- Page 23 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 20. Remove Winglets and place in transport bags stored in trailer toolbox 21. Roll the glider up into the cradle and “crack open” the airbrake lever just past the overcentre lock to aid taking the wings off.
- Page 24 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 23. Take the weight on the starboard wing 24. With at least one person on a wing and the wing stand on the other pull the main pins out and place in the cockpit. Note: there are no disconnections to be made as it is all quick connect/disconnect.
- Page 25 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 26. Place the wing spar on the trailer fitting on the starboard side. 27. Roll the wing in carefully, resting the leading edge in the padded area in the trailer floor. 54. Lock the trailing edge of the wing using the fittings as shown.
- Page 26 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 29. Retract the undercarriage. 30. Secure all loose objects in the cockpit. 31. Secure the cradle to the fuselage with the strap running through the main spar hole. 32. Roll the fuselage into the trailer Page 26 of 27...
- Page 27 LS7 De-Rigging Instructions 33. Stow the tailplane and lock in place and attach strap over fuse tail. AT THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER 34. secure the spars with locking pins 35. Secure the rope from the nose release with the turnbuckle 36.
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