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Typical glider service lives?
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At 10:10 23 November 2018, Nick Hill wrote: On 22/11/2018 18:21, wrote: I noticed the SZD-55 has a service life of only 3,000 hrs with a possible 1,500 hr extension. Is this typical of other modern ships like the Discus, Ventus, LS, DG series etc?? Most new glider designs come to market with an initial service life, which currenty seem to be 3000 or 6000Hrs. When some examples reach that initial limit the manufacturer (assuming they still exist) then define an inspection program to be undertaken which allows the life to be extended be say 6000Hrs. The process repeats when one gets to 6000Hrs etc. If you look in the TN/ADs from the various maufactureres you will find technical notes being issued defining extensions. Example the LS4 originally had a service life of 3000Hrs. TN4027a for the LS4 now details the inspection program as at 3000, 6000, 9000, 10000 and 11000 which allows a service life up to 12000Hrs. DG and Schleicher still seem to start with 3000Hrs as did earlier Schempp Hirth gliders. Later Schempp gliders have 6000Hrs as the initial life. The SZD-55 is probably an example that the life was initially 3000Hrs after which SZD produced an extension up to 4500Hrs. The original SZD manufacturer didn't really exist for a while so nothing further happened. The newer Allstar PZL company which now owns the design and manufactures the glider produced a TN to extend the life upto 12000 hrs in 2012 Nick -- Nick Hill |
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While I'm (and not only me) pretty confident that fatigue of the composite structure is not a limiting factor for service life, I think that other components (pushrods, bearings, bellcranks etc) should be checked after a couple of thousands hours - especially when they are installed hidden from view and/or inacessibly.
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The three Blanik L-13's that just returned to service after having the world fleet grounding AD repaired now have 6,000 hour service life.
Boise Pilot On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 4:45:06 AM UTC-7, Alan Garside wrote: Check out the service life of the Pik20D's https://www.trafi.fi/filebank/a/1475...n_20151115.pdf which is referenced in the EASA SAS for the Pik20D after the guy's in Finland had the Pik20D recertified as fully aerobatic in 1999. The report was requested by EASA so they then had to accept it Some info from the report. "- 10000 FLH aerobatic flight only - 65000 FLH total flight time including max 8000 FLH aerobatics - 265000 FLH without any aerobatics" "For reaching a long time usage of the glider, say 65000 FLH which could take over 500 years with an annual flight time of 100 FLH" "it is proposed that for a normal condition aircraft the fatigue inspections are started at 10000 FLH with an interval of 5000 FLH until 65000 FLH is reached." The report sates these are fatigue inspections not life inspections. The report makes interesting reading for it's implications for all composite gliders. At 10:10 23 November 2018, Nick Hill wrote: On 22/11/2018 18:21, wrote: I noticed the SZD-55 has a service life of only 3,000 hrs with a possible 1,500 hr extension. Is this typical of other modern ships like the Discus, Ventus, LS, DG series etc?? Most new glider designs come to market with an initial service life, which currenty seem to be 3000 or 6000Hrs. When some examples reach that initial limit the manufacturer (assuming they still exist) then define an inspection program to be undertaken which allows the life to be extended be say 6000Hrs. The process repeats when one gets to 6000Hrs etc. If you look in the TN/ADs from the various maufactureres you will find technical notes being issued defining extensions. Example the LS4 originally had a service life of 3000Hrs. TN4027a for the LS4 now details the inspection program as at 3000, 6000, 9000, 10000 and 11000 which allows a service life up to 12000Hrs. DG and Schleicher still seem to start with 3000Hrs as did earlier Schempp Hirth gliders. Later Schempp gliders have 6000Hrs as the initial life. The SZD-55 is probably an example that the life was initially 3000Hrs after which SZD produced an extension up to 4500Hrs. The original SZD manufacturer didn't really exist for a while so nothing further happened. The newer Allstar PZL company which now owns the design and manufactures the glider produced a TN to extend the life upto 12000 hrs in 2012 Nick -- Nick Hill |
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There's a difference between what is technically possible and what is legally allowed. There's an interesting read in the "Schleicher-book": before the 18,000h lifetime extension on the ASK21 was approved, a wing was tested in a fatigue evaluation program. This program received public funding by the German government. The intention was to get approval for 24,000h, but the program was running out of funds before that was accomplished. So far, the ASK21 is the only German FRP-glider with 18,000h service life.
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lauantai 24. marraskuuta 2018 13.22.29 UTC+2 kirjoitti:
There's a difference between what is technically possible and what is legally allowed. There's an interesting read in the "Schleicher-book": before the 18,000h lifetime extension on the ASK21 was approved, a wing was tested in a fatigue evaluation program. This program received public funding by the German government. The intention was to get approval for 24,000h, but the program was running out of funds before that was accomplished. So far, the ASK21 is the only German FRP-glider with 18,000h service life. I guess german authorities are still holding their collective breath because FRP structures are so new thing that no one really knows how they behave. Just 60 years in service, it can disintegrate any minute without warning. |
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It's not a German authority approving life time extensions of airplanes anymore.
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On Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 3:22:29 AM UTC-8, wrote:
There's a difference between what is technically possible and what is legally allowed. There's an interesting read in the "Schleicher-book": before the 18,000h lifetime extension on the ASK21 was approved, a wing was tested in a fatigue evaluation program. This program received public funding by the German government. The intention was to get approval for 24,000h, but the program was running out of funds before that was accomplished. So far, the ASK21 is the only German FRP-glider with 18,000h service life. This is quite old now, but still good work http://journals.sfu.ca/ts/index.php/...ewFile/708/666 |
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At 19:58 22 November 2018, Ross wrote:
There are a couple of Janus flying round in France somewhere that as far as I am aware are allowed to go to 18,000 hours. 12,000 hour check done, extended for another 6,000. Not bad value for money if you intend on flying a lot As far as the tc-holder is concerned the max is 12000 hours for any Schempp-Hirth glider. I would say you have the 18000 confused with the ASK-21 which is the only German built GFRP glider certified for more than 12000 hours currently. |
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At 00:09 23 November 2018, Dave Springford wrote:
Schempp-Hirth gliders have a 6000 hr limit before the first inspection, and if IRRC, all Schleicher gliders have a 3000 hr limit before the first inspection. Not entirely. Many Schempp-Hirth gliders have a 6000 hours inspection as their first lifetime extension, but not all. Some, including the older tupes like Standard Cirrus, have it at 3000 for the first time. |
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Does a service-life limit apply to an Experimental glider in the USA?
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