Taurus ELECTRO manual 472 ENG.pdf - Pipistrel

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Aircraft and systems on board
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Seats and safety belts
Seats have no stiff internal structure and do not offer different settings. All Taurus ultralight
motorgliders ship with H type safety belt attached to the fuselage at three mounting points.
Pitot-Static lines
The pitot tube is inside the nose-tip. Pitot lines made of plastic materials lead from there to the instrument
panel and are secured from non-intentional damage. Static ports are located on both sides
of the nose below the middle line and are marked with red circles. Static lines are led from the static
ports to the instrument panel, are of composite materials and secured.
Air brakes (spoilers)
Spoilers are most commonly used to increase drag and steepen the final approach.
During takeoff, climb and cruise spoilers MUST be retracted and locked (handle in cockpit in full
forward position). To unlock and extend spoilers, pull the handle upwards.
Flap settings
Taurus Electro is equipped with flaperons which offer five (5) different flap settings. Apart from the
limitations for extesion of +9° and +18° flaps, there are recommendations for the use of flaps with
different speed-ranges and types of flight operation.
Recommended speed ranges for certain flap settings in when gliding:
flaps in negative position; -5° (up):
flaps in neutral position; 0° (neutral):
flaps in 1 st position; +5° (down):
flaps in T position; +9° (down):
flaps in L position: +18° (down):
faster than 150 km/h km/h (80 kts)
120 - 150 km/h (65 - 80 kts)
90 - 120 km/h (50 - 65 kts)
80 - 90 km/h (43 - 50 kts)
FINAL APPROACH - LANDING
Water ballast reservoir
Taurus Electro is equipped with a water ballast reservoir to provide for better control over the aircraft’s
centre of gravity. The reservoir is placed in front-cabin and secured with two (2) fastening
butterfly screws with as the retaining mechanism. The quantity of the reservoir is 9 litres (9 kg). Lever
arm for centre of gravity calculations is -1800 mm. There are placards on the instrument panel indicating
minimum and maximum allowable crew weight with and without (9 kg) water ballast. The
mentioned figures are to be respected at all times!
WARNING! Check the water balance reservoir in front-cabin and verify
crew’s weight before every flight as it may influence the centre of gravity of
aircraft to the point where it is no longer controlLable!