Posted by UK Light Aircraft Association (LAA) required a minimum of 5 hrs of testing with at least 15 landings, whilst remaining within 25 miles of the designated test base.
The required test plans were:
- LAA/FT-NEW (Air handling – rate of climb stalls, Vne etc applies to all New Builds)
- LAA/FT-AP (Autopilot operation)
- LAA/FT EIFA-PROP (Electric in-flight adjustable prop)
- LAA/FT-Avionics (Avionics – COM, NAV radio and transponder checks)
The Garmin G3x allows the collection of a mass of data recorded every second. This can be easily analysed in applications like CloudAhoy later, greatly helping accurate data collection and flight re-runs like this:
The mandatory testing was completed over a 2-week period, 4 flights including an endurance flight of over 2 hrs to test all systems and maximum temperatures and pressures.
A MAUW climb test for 5 minutes was done with an average climb rate of ~830 feet/min.
All avionics worked as designed. The elevator trim tab was adjusted slightly to achieve sufficient nose-down trim at a max cruise speed 139 KIAS.
