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319 60567 • fax:+370 319 60568 • e-mail: info@lak.lt • www.lak.lt MAINTENANCE MANUAL DOC. NO. LAK-17C-FES-AMM-00-00 LAK-17C FES Powered Sailplane with Front Electric Self-launcher system TYPE: LAK-17 MODEL: LAK-17C FES SERIAL NO. REGISTRATION DATE OF ISSUE TVIRTINU UAB "Sportin˙ e aviacija ir Ko" Direktorius Vytautas Mačiulis...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Record of revisions Any revision of the present Manual, except actual weighing data, must be recorded in the following table and in case of approved Sections endorsed by responsible airworthiness authority. The new or amended text in the revised page will be indicated by black vertical line in the left hand margin, and the Revision No.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Revision Affected Affected Approval Date of Date of Signature Section Pages Approval Insertion Rev. 13/07/22 #0.1 ( ii )
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual List of Effective Pages Section Page Date of Issue Section Page Date of Issue 25 06 2020 25 06 2020 25 06 2020 25 06 2020 25 06 2020 25 06 2020 25 06 2020 25 06 2020...
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Maintenance Manual Introduction This Maintenance Manual contains information for pilots, technicians and mechanics about safe and proper maintenance of the sailplane LAK-17C FES. This information is given in accordance with requirements of CS 22.1529. Warnings, cautions and notes The following definitions apply to warnings, cautions and notes used in this manual:...
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Maintenance Manual Technical data of the LAK-17C FES Wing span ........18 m (59.06 ft) Wing area .
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Introduction In this section there is given description of sailplane aggregates, systems, equipment, tables and markings and information about proper sailplane maintenance. Airframe construction 2.2.1 Wing Sailplane wings (fig. 57-00-01, fig. 57-00-02) are made of composite materials and consist of four parts: right inner wing (pos.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 2.2.2 Fuselage The sailplane fuselage (fig. 53-00-01, fig. 53-00-02) is made of composite materials, construction is monocoque. The fuselage is oval-shaped in section (fig. 53-00-02), slightly narrowing at top and turning into circle at the fuselage end part. The fuselage end part is cone-shaped turning into fin.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 2.2.5 Landing gear The landing gear consists of a retractable main wheel (fig. 32-30-01, pos. 5) and fixed tail wheel (fig. 53-00-01, pos. 6). Landing gear main wheel type TOST 045100 with Simplex shoe brake (or BERINGER wheel with brake) is attached to metal girder (fig.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 2.3.2 Elevator control system The elevator control system (fig. 27-30-01) consists of metal rods and bellcranks. In order to ensure rigidity the main rod in the fuselage is supported by guide rollers (pos. 5). Movement from the stick (pos. 1) by help of rods and intermediate bellcranks (pos. 2, 3, 4) is transmitted to the elevator and deflects it in required direction.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 2.3.5 Airbrakes control system The airbrakes control system (fig. 27-10-01, fig. 27-10-04, fig. 27-10-05) comprises the control handle (pos. 3), attached to the left side of a cockpit and rigid rods and bellcranks. Movement from control handle by help of an intermediate rod is transmitted to the shaft (pos. 8) which through an automatic joint transmits the movement to the shaft (pos.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 2.3.8 Main landing gear control system The landing gear control system (fig. 32-30-01) controls retracting and releasing of the main wheel. It consists of a control rod (pos. 1) on the right side of cockpit, an intermediate rod (pos. 2) and a bellcrank (pos.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 3. Compensated pressure receiver (pos. 11) is a special Nix pipe mounted in fin. This line is marked by the letter N. 4. Flexible polyvinylchloride pipes of different colors transmit air pressure from receivers to corresponding measuring instruments on the sailplane instrument panel. Each separate pressure line has pipes of different colors:...
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Warning: Keep FCU instrument power supply always switched on during flight. Instrument indications. The FCU instrument for LAK-17C FES sailplane has on its front side three LED showing the most important states of the system during all operation time. Additional LCD display gives more detailed information about the same states and other values.
FES battery box (fig. 72-00-00). LAK-17C FES two battery packs are wired in serial. One battery pack has 14 cells, so altogether 28 cells. Nominal capacity of each cell is 40 Ah, at middle voltage 3 7 V (minimum 3 2 V, maximum 4 2 V).
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual • Always turn off FCU instrument and all other instruments (Flight computer, Caution: Flarm, Radio, Transponder, PDA), before removing Power fuse; • Always remove Power fuse before removing “+” or “–” supply cable; • Immediately put safety covers on battery terminals to avoid potential short circuit;...
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual The locking pin (fig. 52-10-01, pos. 13) must be removed before flight. Warning: 2.4.7 Cockpit equipment The cockpit equipment consist of: • safety belts, • a pilot seat, • a pocket of fabric (on the right side) for small things, documents.
2.5.3 Batteries LAK-17C FES has two batteries packs wired in serial. One battery pack has 14 cells, so altogether 28 cells. Nominal capacity of each cell is 40 Ah, at middle voltage 3.7 V (minimum 3.2 V, maximum 4.2 V).
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Temperature indicator setting. • Long press “up” switch to set high temp value. Hold up and down switch at the same time to correction temperature. Set +90 °C temperature. • Long press “down” switch to set low temperature value. Hold up and down switch at the same time to correction temperature.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 2.5.4 Motor controls The LAK-17C FES motor is controlled by help of FCU (FES control unit) instrument. More detailed data about FES FCU instrument are described in separate “FES FCU Manual”, latest approved revision. 2.5.5 Propeller The propeller FES-LAK-P11-100 is shown at fig.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Table 2.7.2-1 Pos. No. Measured motion Motion ∆ (mm) less than Stick, forward – backward Stick, left – right Edge of left aileron Edge of right aileron Edge of left flap Edge of right flap Edge of left elevator...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Section 3 SAILPLANE CURRENT MAINTENANCE 3.1 Sailplane current maintenance ......
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Sailplane current maintenance 3.1.1 Daily inspection Note: Check the sailplane technical log-book and airworthiness certificate. The daily inspection must be performed each day and is essential for flight safety (refer to the fig. 16-10-01). 1. Check the sailplane fore part of fuselage;...
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual • deflections and clearances of controls, • fixing of joint of the stabilizer attachment to the fin, • clearance of the stabilizer with respect to the fin; 8. Check the right wing (analogically as for the left wing according to i.4);...
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 3.1.4 Storing and transportation During winter season or if a sailplane is not in use for a long time it is recommended to de-rig it. Sailplane metal surfaces of connection junctions shall be lubricated with oil. A sailplane shall be stored in a hangar or in a trailer.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual • fit the spar end of the right wing (pos. 4) into the fuselage window on the right side and push the wing along longitudinal axis so that the spar end of the right wing enters the fork of the left spar (pos.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual • put on the stabilizer with an elevator so that protrudes on the elevator’s left and right sides (pos. 2) enter the recesses of control lever of the elevator (pos. 1) and the two hubs in spar of the stabilizer (pos.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 12. Main landing gear; 13. Tail wheel; 14. Propeller blades attachment point. When re-lubricating, clean old oil or grease before applying new. Adjustment 3.3.1 Adjustment of airbrakes If airbrake (fig. 27-60-10, pos. 1) extension occurs unexpectedly in flight it is necessary to tighten the springs of the lids (pos.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 3.3.4 Adjustment of rudder control system Cables (fig. 27-20-01, fig. 27-20-02) are not adjustable. Adjustment of the rod (pos. 8). The rod is adjusted by turning of rod end. After adjustment make sure that the rod end doesn’t screw out of bounds of control opening. The end nut (pos. 12) shall be screwed up and fixed with spring washer (pos.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 3.4.2 De-rigging and rigging of a flap De-rigging of flap (see fig. 27-50-10): • loosen and remove the nut (pos. 6), • take off washer (pos 5), • pull the flap towards the end of wing until the hinge pins (pos. 3) are separated from wing.
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 3.4.4 De-rigging and rigging of an elevator 1. Operations used for de-rigging of an elevator (fig. 27-30-10): • take away wire split pins (pos. 3) and discard, • take away washers(pos. 2), • pull out hinge pins (pos. 1).
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual • unscrew the bolt (pos. 2), • take out the washer (pos. 1), • disconnect the lever of wheel brake (pos. 3), • pull out the axle of wheel (pos. 4) together with hub (pos. 5, pos. 6) and washer (pos. 7), •...
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 3.4.10 Taking out and mounting of pilot cockpit floor The cockpit floor (fig. 25-10-10) consists of two removable parts: a stick hood (pos. 1) and a hood of cockpit bottom (pos. 2). Removal of the stick hood: •...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual To install the FES battery packs into the batteries box: 1. Open cover; 2. Check that Power switch is OFF; 3. Check that FCU instrument and all other instruments (Flight computer, Flarm, Radio, Transponder, PDA. . . ) are switched OFF;...
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual To install the dummy boxes into the batteries box: 1. Open cover; 2. Insert first box into the fuselage and slide it back to rear position; 3. Insert second box into the fuselage and slide it to the first one;...
LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual • Spinner is in the center of fuselage; • Gap between spinner and fuselage is 0 5 1 0 mm; • All bolted connections assembled correctly and secured; • Start the motor on a ground and run it for a few minutes to check: –...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Section 4 MAINTENANCE OF THE SAILPLANE INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTS 4.1 Introduction ........
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Introduction Here in this section is given the list of the sailplane instruments and equipment which service shall be done according to their own maintenance documents. Their servicing and repair shall be done independently of the sailplane maintenance requirements in Section 5.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual (continued) No. Part Type Document Tail wheel Barum Rubena T3 / V12s Maintenance manual or TOST 200 Motor FES-LAK-M100 FES motor manual Propeller FES-LAK-P11-100 FES propeller FES-LAK-P11-100 manual Battery charger KOP1001 BMS version, or FES Battery pack manual...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Introduction In section 5 there is defined a list of inspections to ensure safe sailplane operation during its lifetime. The periodical inspections shall be performed by qualified staff authorized to perform the work. All inspections are general visual inspections unless specified otherwise.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Inspection after every 100 flight hours Date ....Checking Conformity Signature Yes / No Wing inner, wing outer 15 m and 18 m, winglet...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Inspection after every 100 flight hours Date ....Checking Conformity Signature Yes / No 312 Rudder, its hinges, pins, control connections 313 Stabilizer and fuselage connection pins, bolts and bolt fixation...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Inspection after every 100 flight hours Date ....Checking Conformity Signature Yes / No 605 Tail wheel (pressure in wheel tire, cracks) Control systems 701 Elevator control system (movement, friction, clearances, fixings)
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Inspection after every 100 flight hours Date ....Checking Conformity Signature Yes / No Placards and markings CG data FES instrument wiring and functioning...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Inspection after every 100 flight hours Date ....Checking Conformity Signature Yes / No 1014 Check functioning of the propeller positioning...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Recommendations for extended storage Before winter storage at the end of the flight season or before extended storage in a hangar or in a trailer: 1. Check for any technical bulletins that need to be implemented;...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 7. Measure play at the control stick upper part with an elevator and ailerons fixed. Allowed clearance is ∆ = 2 mm (refer to paragraph 2.7.2); 8. To measure clearance in attachment joint of the landing gear. Allowed clearance between an opening and axis is ∆...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual • condition of attachment joint of the towing hook; 13. To check glass fiber reinforced plastics for cracks and splits around these metal parts and joints: • spar hubs, • hubs of wing root ribs, • connection joints of stabilizer and fuselage, •...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Figure 5.7-2: The elevator control unit Initial clean off of paint shall be done with 180- to 220-grit sandpaper, finishing with 320-grit or even finer. 16. To check external surfaces of galvanized coating of metal parts. Zones with damaged protective galvanized or paint coating, if they are not damaged by corrosion reducing strength, may be repaired.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Figure 5.7-4: The elevator root rib Figure 5.7-5: The fuselage bulkhead Rev. 25/06/20 #0.0 5-13...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Section 6 THE SAILPLANE LIFE LIMITS Service life of the sailplane is 6000 flight hours. The following FES system parts have limited service life: • refer to the current release of the manual for each FES component for service life limits.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Section 7 WEIGHTS AND CENTER OF GRAVITY 7.1 Introduction ........
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Introduction Information about weighing of the sailplane, definition of center of gravity after sailplane repair, repainting or mounting of additional instruments or equipment is given in this section. Position of center of gravity is defined by the distance from the leading edge of wing root section (datum) towards the sailplane tail.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Table 7.2-1 Pos. No Sailplane part Marking Weight, kg Right inner wing with controls w.in.r Left inner wing with controls w.in.l Fuselage with rudder Stabilizer with elevator Right outer wing w.out18m.r Left outer wing w.out18m.l Right winglet wl.r...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual 8. To calculate C.G.: (a) C.G. of empty sailplane cgemp (b) C.G. of sailplane with a pilot 9. To check if position of C.G. is within an allowed range. If C.G. is outside the allowed boundaries position the sailplane C.G. shall be corrected by the help of lead ballast (fig.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Reaction is defined with plane of control chord positioned horizontally. Note: Approved boundaries for control weights and static moments: Control Approved boundaries Approved static of control weight, kg moment of control, kg mm 0 55 20 0...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual The C.G. calculation table Component , kg , mm , kg mm Empty glider Pilot Battery in fin 4192 Battery in baggage compartment Water ballast in wings Water ballast in fin 4003 Instrument N1 in instrument panel...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Introduction General requirements for repair of minor sailplane damage are given in this section. Repair of minor FES damages are described in separate FES maintenance manual. Main requirements for repair work 1. Repair work shall be performed only by qualified and authorized staff.
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Table 8.3.2-1 Pos. No Repair damage Zone 1 Zone 2 An opening 100 mm 40 mm Crack (split) 200 mm 100 mm Damage of leading edge 100 mm – for ailerons, 40 mm – for fin, stabilizer flaps;...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual Table 8.3.4-1 Type (Iterglass No) Weaving type Mass, g/m Cloth thickness, mm Manufacturer Glass fabric 90070 Plain Interglass AG 92110 Twill 2/2 0.18 Interglass AG 92125 Twill 2/2 0.35 Interglass AG Carbon fabric 98131 Twill 2/2...
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LAK-17C FES Maintenance Manual The given mixing ratio of components must be observed as exactly as possible. More or less hardener will not speed up or slow down the reaction – just cause only partial hardening which will not be corrected any way. Mixture of resin and hardener must be stirred thoroughly until there is no cloudiness in a vessel.
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