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Amateur-built Aircraft and Ultralight Flight Testing Handbook

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CHAPT 1. PREPARATION
1. Homework
2. Airport Selection
Figure 1 – Runway Length Chart
3. Emergency Plans and Equipment
4. Test Pilot
5. Medical Facts For Pilots
6. Transporting The Aircraft To the Airport
7. Assembly and Airworthiness Inspection
8. Weight and Balance Figure 2 – Empty Weight CG
Figure 3 – Take Off CG
Figure 4 – Additional Equipment Added
9. Paperwork
10. Powerplant Tests
11. Additional Engine Tests
12. Propeller Inspection
Figure 5 – Propeller Tracking

CHAPT 2. TAXI TESTS
1. Low Speed Taxi Tests
2. High Speed Taxi Tests

CHAPT 3. THE FIRST FLIGHT
1. General
2. The Role of the Chase Plane
3. Emergency Procedures
4. First Flight
5. First Flight Procedures

CHAPT 4. THE FIRST 10 HOURS
1. The Second Flight
2. The Third Flight
3. Hours 4 through 10

CHAPT 5. EXPANDING THE ENVELOPE
1. General
2. Hours 11 through 20
Figure 6 – Climb Airspeed and Altitude Graph
Figure 7 – Best Rate of Climb Speed Graph
3. Hours 21 through 35: Stability and Control Checks
Figure 8 – Static Stability
Figure 9 – Time
4. A Word or Two About Flutter
5. Spins
6. Accelerated Stalls

CHAPT 6. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: 36 HOURS TO —?
1. Maximum Gross Weight Tests
2. Service Ceiling Tests
3. Navigation, Fuel Consumption, and Night Flying

CHAPT 7. THOUGHTS ON TESTING CANARD TYPE AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT
1. Canards

CHAPT 8. ULTRALIGHT AIRFRAME INSPECTION
1. Differences
2. The Test Pilot
3. Pre-flight Airframe Inspection

CHAPT 9. ULTRALIGHT ENGINE/FUEL SYSTEM INSPECTION
1. Engine Inspection
2. Fuel Systems

CHAPT 10. ULTRALIGHT TEST FLYING RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Three Recommendations
2. Airport Selection
3. Taxiing
4. First Flight Differences
5. Emergency Procedures



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