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- Page 1 Utah Soaring Association Pilatus B-4 Rigging and De-Rigging Pilatus B-4 Procedures for safe assembly and dis-assembly of the glider (Trailer 6) Utah Soaring Association Rev. 00 12/2018...
- Page 2 Utah Soaring Association Pilatus B-4 Rigging and De-Rigging Pilatus B-4 Procedures for safely removing the various components from the trailer, and for assembly of the glider Initial Preparation: Pick a location with sufficient room behind the trailer. As each wing stores in the trailer on...
- Page 3 Utah Soaring Association Pilatus B-4 Rigging and De-Rigging Remove the wing nut from the threaded post found protruding through the aluminum angle on the right end of the red painted trolley base. (Immediately “capture” this wing nut with the clip found on the short chain located adjacent – don’t “carry this away” either.) Position a person inside to stabilize the front of the trolley as it is removed, and to closely monitor the clearance between the nine inch “spike”...
- Page 4 Utah Soaring Association Pilatus B-4 Rigging and De-Rigging One “big strong guy” (or possibly two), lift the wing root out of the cradles on the floor and bring inward alongside the cradles and begin to extract the wing. (It will likely be necessary to rotate the wing inward a bit while lifting out of the cradles to provide the necessary clearance between the trailing edge and the inner roof surface).
- Page 5 Utah Soaring Association Pilatus B-4 Rigging and De-Rigging Connect the elevator pushrod with the built in “spring loaded) pin, and add the backup safety clip through the hole in the primary pin. Reaffirm that all wing attach pins, and control system pins are in place and properly safetied, and then perform a positive control check.