Slingsby Sport Vega Quick start guide
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Crown Service Gliding Club
Slingsby Sport Vega
Rigging/De-rigging Guide
This Guide should be treated only as an aide-memoire—it is no substitute for a
briefing and demonstration. Rigging the Sport Vega from its trailer is very easy
and needs only two people.
This Guide covers the details special to the CSGC trailer.
Rigging
Preparation
To open the trailer the rear needs to be raised (ie. the front lowered). Lower the
tailgate and re-jack the front of the trailer so that it doesn’t rock fore-and-aft.
Having opened the trailer place the wooden wedge in position to ensure the
main wheel has a smooth transit:
Remove the cushions out in place for the tailplane.
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Remove the trestles and fuselage support and place in position:
Procedure
1. First remove the fuselage from the trailer: untie the strap at the tail and lift
the tail wheel out of the well and that will then release the fuselage to be
pulled out of the trailer.
Rear wheel well
Rear
fuselage
strap
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2. When the fuselage is in position far enough away (a wing’s length) from
the trailer, place the stand firmly in position under the nose.
3. Remove the metal trailer fuselage support and attachments where the wing
roots fit and put to one side; when finished place back in the trailer. It is
important that the fuselage is straight and level for the wings to fit.
4. At this point remove the tail plane from its support at the tail and place on
the cushions. This is because the fuselage stand is not very stable and if the
fuselage tips over it could damage the tailplane.
5. Next, the wings—remove the port wing from the trailer by lifting the root
and dragging it out, rolling on the tip trolley and keeping the air brakes
closed. Take care that the tip doesn’t slip out of the trolley. Check the two
spherical bearings in the root are lined up as shown; one here and one
forward of the tang.
The spigots on the fuselage go in these bearings.
6. The second person now lifts the tip and the wing is carried to the fuselage
and rotated flat. Lift the aileron to the level position and insert the root tang
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into the fuselage and then place the trestle to support the tip. With the
aileron central the automatic connection lines up better.
Check on the starboard side the end of the spar is even and adjust the trestle
if necessary:
7. Remove the starboard wing in the same way and insert the root into the
fuselage. Note that the starboard wing especially is trailing edge-heavy
when lifted by the spar root; so be sure that the trailing edge is held upright
when lifting out of the trailer.
This spigot must line up
with the hole in the
starboard wing root when
both wings are in place.
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8. Make sure the spigots on the ends of the tangs line up with the holes in the
opposite wing’s root, and if necessary pull the wings together using the
rigging tool:
If there is a problem pulling the wings together it sometimes helps to move
the tip in a circular motion to find the right position.
9. Place the main pin through the spars and rotate the shorter rod to clip into
the locking hole at the bottom.
Locking pin
rotated into this hole
Push in
and rotate
