Professional Mechanics Get Briefed on LSA

Wednesday 22 February, 2012 6:24 am | Maintenance,News

Tom Peghiny speaks to a full room at the Hartford / Springfield Professional Aviation Mechanics Association (PAMA) on regulations regarding LSA and certified mechanics.

FAA representative Pete Lindberg said “you really know the regulations” and commented on how well Flight Design USA is getting the information out to owners. Also in attendance were several Directors of Maintenance for major operators in the area and the Director of CT Aero Tech, the states premier school for aviation mechanic training.

Interest was high by the membership and several misconceptions were resolved during the Q & A that punctuated the presentation.

FLIGHT DESIGN USA APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE

Wednesday 8 February, 2012 12:23 pm | Maintenance,News Releases

LSA Importer Continues Pattern of Superior Customer Service

 SOUTH WOODSTOCK,CONN./ February 8, 2012 — As part of its on-going effort to provide the very best customer experience in light aviation, Flight Design is pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Armando as Director of Maintenance for Flight DesignUSA. TheConnecticutcompany is the national importer for Flight Design GmbH, designer and producer of the CT and MC series of Light-Sport Aircraft. The German company is also developing a new four seat aircraft designated C4.

Matthias Betsch, Dave Armando, Tom Peghiny

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FLIGHT DESIGN USA ANNOUNCES NEW REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER

Wednesday 11 January, 2012 7:45 am | Maintenance,News Releases

Leading LSA Seller in U.S. Links Up with Major Texas Aviation Enterprise

SOUTH WOODSTOCK, CONN. / January 6, 2012 – Flight Design has appointed US Aviation of Denton, Texas to provide Factory Authorized service for the popular CT series of Light Sport aircraft. The Texas company has been a Rotax Service Center for several years and has more than 20 A&P mechanics on staff. Combined with its FAA 145 Repair Station, US Aviation is a major flight school with extensive contracts to train foreign flight students.

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Independent Rotax Service For Flight Design

Tuesday 6 December, 2011 9:04 am | Maintenance

This link takes you to a listing of  Independent Rotax Mechanics who can help you keep your CT flying

 

Independent Rotax Repair

We also have a listing of our certified Flight Design Service Centers :

If  you or your service center would like to be included as a Flight Design Service Center:

Please let me know by filling out the contact us button and describe the Service Center capabilities.

 

Tow Bar Service Bulletin

Tuesday 14 June, 2011 7:49 am | Maintenance,Owners

This SB affects ONLY aircraft that have tow bar interface installed and it must be implemented as defined in chapter 1.1.

Reason: The towing interface has been installed with hand towing in mind, as is appropriate for such a light aircraft. We have received reports that aircraft have been towed with vehicles, and the end stops of the nose wheel steering have not been considered properly. This lead to damages in the nose wheel stoppers. Read the rest of this entry »

Neuform Propeller REPAIR now available From Flight Design

Wednesday 8 June, 2011 12:35 pm | Maintenance,News

You can now have your Flight Design CTsw, CTLS Neuform propeller inspected and repaired in the US. In June 2011, Neuform trained and certified mechanics and technicians on the procedures for performing the required 1000 hour inspection then making any necessary repair. Flight Design USA is now the US service center for all of the Neuform products. Read the rest of this entry »

Service Bulletin for Correction of Gross Weight Metric Conversion to Pounds

Thursday 23 December, 2010 12:43 pm | Maintenance,News,Owners

Flight Design has issued a Mandatory Service Bulletin, SB-ASTM-CTSW-09, that applies to certain CTsw aircraft with affected manuals that will require owners to replace page(s) in the Airplane Operating Instructions.

It was discovered that by using a slightly different conversion factor than the FAA, the rounding error led to a 3 lb difference in Gross weight shown in the Aircraft Owners Instructions (AOI). This SB corrects this error and gives instructions on the proper manual updates. CTsw Manuals affected are versions 5-8.

Please look at the Flight Design SB web site page for all applicable Service bulletins.

Trutrak Servo Bulletin

Monday 8 November, 2010 4:15 am | Maintenance,News,Owners

For Flight Design Aircraft Equipped with Trutrak autopilots:

Recent reports have suggested that there could be a problem with the new
integrated thread-locker servo arm screws that have been sent out for retrofit by
customers in the field.  Reports indicate that the screw could back out of its hole
in the end of the servo shaft during normal usage.  The suspected cause is residual
chemical thread-locker in the threads of the servo shaft which was the previous
method for locking the arm screws in place.

Trutrak Flight Systems  will include the bracket  with all new servos shipped with the current servo arm screw.  This bracket will also be available to all customers with the current servo arm screw configuration as a field retrofit solution.

Training Classes are Filling Up

Wednesday 20 October, 2010 4:16 am | Maintenance,News,Owners

We have a few spots left in some of the Flight Design Maintenance Classes. We have started waiting lists for Airframe and Advanced Composite.  If you are waiting we suggest that you call now to make sure you can get a spot before it is too late.

Flight Design Service Bulletin- Garmin

Tuesday 12 October, 2010 5:56 am | Maintenance,News,News Releases,Owners

Certain SL30, SL40 and GNS 480 units may generate spurious emissions when transmitting. When they exist with a particular unit, it is unlikely that the pilot will be aware of the condition. Nevertheless, affected units are to be returned to Garmin for calibration that provides a permanent correction for this condition.

We issue a Flight Design Service Bulletin. Please note that SB lists the incorrect allen wrench size for removing the radio.  The SB states 2.5mm, but it’s actually 3/32”

All these documents will present on our webpage:

http://www.flightdesign.com/index.php?page=service

Thank you for your help and understanding.

we got information from Garmin: “Certain SL30, SL40 and GNS 480 units may generate spurious emissions when transmitting. When they exist with a particular unit, it is unlikely that the pilot will be aware of the condition. Nevertheless, affected units are to be returned to Garmin for calibration that provides a permanent correction for this condition”.

Basing on this information we issue a Flight Design Service Bulletins ( please see the attachment ) and appreciate your help by inform your customers.

ASTM planes    : PZ34106001_00_w.pdf

LTF-UL planes  : PZ34106002_00_w.pdf

BCAR S planes : PZ34106003_00_w.pdf

All these documents will present on our webpage from today : http://www.flightdesign.com/index.php?page=service

Thank you for your help and understanding.

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