Glaser-Dirks DG-500 ELAN Trainer Technical specifications

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Glaser-DlrksFlugzeugbau GmbH
Im Sohollenga~ten 19-20
7520 Bruohsal 4, W.-Germany.
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SAILPLAI'E
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ELAN Trainer
Model: DG-500 ELAN TRAINER
German Data Sheet No.: 348
Factory.Serial No.:
Registration No.:
Date o~ Issue:
5£55722.
5£ -uo};<
Deoember 1990
Pages as indicated by "App. ,.are approved by:
(Signature)
(Authority)
(Stamp)
(Original date o~ approval) O_7._D_ez_,_'9_9_0 _
This sailplane Is to be operated in compliance with in-
formation and limitations contained herein.
The original German Language edition of this manual has
been approved as operating instruction aooording to
"Paragraph 12{ 1) 2. of. Luft-Ger Po".
Approval of translation has been done by best knowledge
and judgement. In any case the original text in German
language is authoritative.
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0.1 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 the
responsible airworthiness authority.
The new or amended text in the revised page will be indicated by a black
vertical line in the right hand margin, and the Revision No. and the date will be
shown on the bottom left hand of the page.
Rev. Affected
Description
Issue
LBA
Inserted
No. pages/ Date
Approval
Date
section Date
Signature
10.3,2.8, IN 348/1T
Mar. 92
31.03.92
2.9,4.8 20.4,7.2 IN 348/3T
Oct. 92
08.12.92
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0.3,1.2, TN 348/4TOct. 9426.10.94
4.14 4 0.3,0.4,
IN 348/9
Oct. 97
26.11.97
1.3,4.1 , 4.2,4.3,5.2,5.5,5.6,6.2,
6.4,6.7,
7.1,7.9,
7.10
5
0.3,0.4,
IN 348/15
Jan. 01
07.02.01
4.5,7.7, 8.2
0
,.,c.
N 348/16
February
25.£)') AA
,.,Parki
iggott-hook
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lRev. Aff.ated Description
llo. Pagesl
section
Issued: see last item
Issue LBA
Date Approval
Date
Inserted
Date
S1gnature
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0.2 List of effective pages (cont.)
Section
page
issued replacedreplaced
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App.
4.16
May 90
55.1
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5.2 Oct. 97
l5.3
App. 5.4 5.5 Oct. 97
5.6 Oct. 97
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6.1
6.2 . Oct. 97
6.3 6.4 Oct. 97
6.5 6.6
6.7 Oct. 97
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7.1 Oct. 97
7.2 Oct. 92
7.3 7.4
7.5 Febr.04
7.5a Febr.04
7.6 7.7 Jan. 01
7.8 7.9 Oct. 97
7.10 Oct. 97
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8.1
May 90
8.2 Jan. 01
8.3 8.48.5
9
9.1
May 90
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0.3, Table of oontents
DG-50C ELAN TRAINER
Section
General (a non-approved section)
Limitations (an approved section)
Emergency procedures (an approved section)
Normal procedures (an approved section)
Performance (a partly approved section)
Mass (weight) and ba~ance
(a non-approved section)
Sailplane and systems description
(a non-approved section)
Sailplane handling, care and maintenance
(a non-approved section)
Supplements
Issued: May 1990
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Section
1.. General
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Certification
basis
1.3
Warnings,
cautions
andnotes
1.4
Descriptive data
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Three view drawing
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1.1 Introdu~tion
DG-500 ELAN TRAINER
The sailplane flight manual has been prepared to
provide pilots and instructors with information for
the safe and efficient operation of the 00-500 ELAN
TRAINER sailplane.
This manual inoludes the material required to be
furnished to the pilot by JAR Part 22. It also con-
tains supplemental data supplied by the sailplane
manufacturer.
1.2 Certification basis
This type of glider has been approved by the
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) in accordance with:
JAR Part 22 sailplanes and powered sailplanes
Change 4, issued 7th May, 1987.
The Type Certificate No. 348 has been issued on
December 7th 1990.
Category of Airworthiness: "Utility" or "Aerobatic"
if equipped properly.
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1.3 warnings, cautions and notes i
The following definitions apply to warnings, cau-
tions and notes used in the flight manual.
lWarning:
Caution:
Note:
means that the non observation of the
corresponding procedure leads to an
immediate or important degradation of
the flight safety.
means that the non observation of the
corresponding procedure leads to a
minor or to a more or less long term
degradation of the fli~ht safety.
draws the attention on any special item
not directly related to safety but
which is important or unusual.
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1.4 Descriptive data
The DG-500 ELAN TRAINER is a twoplace high perfor-
mance sailplane.
- automatic hook ups for all controls
- comfortable seating and modern oockpit design
similar to the DG-single seaters - safety cockpit
- large 2 piece canopy for very good inflight visi-
bility
- draught free canopy demist and 1adjustable swivel
air vent for.each pilot
- sealed airbrake- and landing gear box
- complete set of controls 1n each cgckpit
- a choise of retractable or fixed main wheel, both
spring mounted
- nose wheel and tail wheel
- ~arbonfibre wings
TECHNICAL DATA
wing span 18
m59
ft
wing surface 16.6m2 179
ftZ
aspect ratio 19.5
length 8.66m28.4
ft
fuselage width 0.73
m2.4
ft
fuselage height 1.00
m3.3
ft
horizontal tailplane
span
3·11m10.4
ft
empty weight ca.390~
kg 860
Ibs
max. TOW 615kg 1356
Iba
wing loadlng(payload 80 kg, 116 Ibs) ca.
28.3
kg/m2
5.8
Ibs/ftl!
wing loading max. 31
kg/m2
7.58
Ibs/ft2
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3view drawing
Issued: May 1990 1.5