TRAINING MANUAL LANCAIR LEGACY TRAINING MANUAL– LANCAIR LEGACY Table of Contents PREFACE ......................................................................................................................................................................5 LANCAIRS AND AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING ..................................................................................................7 THE HIGH-ALTITUDE FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................... 18 HYPOXIA’S EFFECTS ............................................................................................................................................. 23 OPERATING THE LEGACY AT HIGH ALTITUDES .................................................................................................... 27 WEATHER FLYING .................................................................................................................................................... 29 FLIGHT PLANNING AND NAVIGATION ..................................................................................................................... 40 AERODYNAMICS AND PERFORMANCE FACTORS .................................................................................................... 41 A. Reduced weight of air .................................................................................................................................. 41 B. Determined weight of air ............................................................................................................................ 41 C. Maintaining level flight ................................................................................................................................ 41 D. Controllability Factors ................................................................................................................................. 42 Lancair Legacy Aircraft Systems .............................................................................................................................. 43 POWERPLANT ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 PROPELLER ........................................................................................................................................................... 44 FLIGHT CONTROLS ............................................................................................................................................... 45 LANDING GEAR .................................................................................................................................................... 48 ELECTRICAL .......................................................................................................................................................... 50 PITOT STATIC/VACUUM ....................................................................................................................................... 51 FUEL SYSTEM ....................................................................................................................................................... 52 HYDRAULIC .......................................................................................................................................................... 54 CABIN VENTILATION ............................................................................................................................................ 55 HIGH-ALTITUDE SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT....................................................................................................... 57 Oxygen ............................................................................................................................................................. 57 Regulator and Masks ....................................................................................................................................... 58 Diluter Demand and Pressure Demand Systems ............................................................................................. 58 Fire Danger ...................................................................................................................................................... 58 OPERATING LIMITATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 60 Model IO-550 ................................................................................................................................................. 60 - 1 – © Copyright 2013 LOBO May not be copied without permission. TRAINING MANUAL– LANCAIR LEGACY AIRSPEEDS ........................................................................................................................................................... 61 G Loading ............................................................................................................................................................. 61 WEIGHTS .............................................................................................................................................................. 61 FUEL ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 ALTITUDE ............................................................................................................................................................. 62 NORMAL PROCEDURES AND OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES ..................................................................................... 65 TAXIING................................................................................................................................................................ 65 TAKEOFF .............................................................................................................................................................. 65 CLIMB ................................................................................................................................................................... 65 CRUISE ................................................................................................................................................................. 66 DESCENT .............................................................................................................................................................. 66 APPROACH & LANDING ....................................................................................................................................... 66 NO FLAP LANDING ............................................................................................................................................... 69 CROSSWIND LANDINGS ....................................................................................................................................... 69 GO AROUND ........................................................................................................................................................ 69 CLOSED TRAFFIC PATTERN .................................................................................................................................. 69 UPPER AIR WORK .................................................................................................................................................... 70 CLEARING TURNS ................................................................................................................................................. 70 SLOW FLIGHT ....................................................................................................................................................... 70 IMMINENT STALL ................................................................................................................................................. 70 STEEP TURNS ....................................................................................................................................................... 70 UNUSUAL ATTITUDE ............................................................................................................................................ 71 INSTRUMENT FLIGHT ............................................................................................................................................... 72 INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM ......................................................................................................................... 72 NON-PRECISION APPROACH ................................................................................................................................ 72 LANDING FROM AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH ................................................................................................... 72 MISSED APPROACH ............................................................................................................................................. 73 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................................................ 75 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES ...................................................................................................................................... 80 GROUND EMERGENCIES .....................................................................................................................................