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2-2 <strong>ALPHA</strong> <strong>Trainer</strong><br />
REV. 0 Aircraft and System description<br />
Introduction<br />
<strong>ALPHA</strong> <strong>Trainer</strong> is a 34’ 6’’ (10.5 m) wingspan,<br />
two-seat T-tail high-wing motorplane made<br />
almost entirely of composite materials.<br />
The undercarriage is a robust tricycle type with<br />
two main, brake equipped, wheels mounted<br />
on a u-piece composite strut and a stearable<br />
nose wheel.<br />
<strong>ALPHA</strong> <strong>Trainer</strong> features flaperons, meaning<br />
that one movable surface on each wing acts<br />
both as the flap and the aileron.<br />
Flaps offer 3 settings: retracted, +15 deg and +<br />
25 deg.<br />
Full dual main flight control levers make<br />
<strong>ALPHA</strong> <strong>Trainer</strong> ideal for initial as well as for advanced<br />
flight training. All aileron, elevator and<br />
flap controls are connected to the cabin controls<br />
using self-fitting push-pull tubes. Rudder<br />
is controlled via cables. The elevator trim is mechanical,<br />
spring type.<br />
All aircraft ship with H type safety belts attached<br />
to the fuselage at three mounting<br />
points. Rudder pedals can be adjusted before<br />
and also in-flight to suit your size and needs.<br />
The Fuel tank is located in the fuselage with<br />
the fuel shut-off valve located in the cockpit.<br />
The gascolator is located beneath the lower<br />
engine cover. Refuelling can be done by pouring<br />
fuel through the fuel filler neck on the fuselage<br />
or by using an electrical fuel pump via<br />
the single point refuelling valve on the bottom<br />
of firewall.<br />
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All glass surfaces are made of 2 mm anti UV GE<br />
tinted Lexan, which was specially developed<br />
not to shatter or split on impact.<br />
Main wheel brakes are hydraulically driven disc<br />
type and activated via a cockpit hand-lever.<br />
The hydraulic brake fluid used is DOT 3 or DOT<br />
4.<br />
Cabin ventilation is achieved through special<br />
vents fitted onto glass doors, cabin heating<br />
and windshield defrost/demist, is provided utilizing<br />
hot air from the engine.<br />
The propeller is a fixed pitch two-blade design.<br />
The electric circuit enables the pilot to test<br />
individual circuit items and to disconnect the<br />
battery from the circuit, should there be a distress<br />
situation.<br />
Navigational (NAV) lights, anti collision (AC)<br />
lights and the landing (LDG) light are installed.<br />
The firewall is reinforced with heat and noise<br />
insulation.<br />
Basic instruments come installed with operational<br />
limits pre-designated.<br />
Parachute rescue system is present and located<br />
in aft fuselage.
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