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BN-2 Islander Familiarisation Course

Introduction

The Islander is a conventional twin engine, High wing Aircraft of all Metal Construction.

The fuselage is of Semi Monocoque construction built up of fabricated frames and Span
wise stringers

Design and development

Design of the Islander started in 1963 and the first prototype BN-2 first flew on 13
June 1965, with the second prototype on 20 August 1966. Both of these had engines
that were less powerful than the production versions. The first production Islander
first flew on 24 April 1967.

General Characteristics

Crew: one or two pilots

Capacity: up to nine passengers

Length: 35 ft 8 in (10.86 m)

Wingspan: 49 ft (14.94 m)

Height: 13 ft 9 in (4.18 m)

Wing area: 325 ft (30.2 m)

Empty weight: 3,588 lb (1,627 kg)

Loaded weight: up to 6,600 lb BN2A-20 onwards (2,994 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 6,600 lb (2,994 kg)

Powerplant: 2 Lycoming O-540-E4C , 260 hp (195 kW) each

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Performance
Maximum speed: 170 mph (273 km/h)

Range: 874 miles (1,400 km)

Service ceiling 13,200 ft (4,024 m)

Rate of climb: 970 ft/min (295 m/min)

Wing loading: 2 lb/ft (9.78 kg/m

Variants

BN-2A Mk III-1 : First production version.

BN-2A Mk III-2 : Lengthened nose and higher operating weight

BN-2A Mk III-3 : Variant certified for operation in the United States

BN-2A Mk III-4 : III-2 fitted with rocket-assisted takeoff equipment

Trislander M : Proposed military version.

Lycoming O-540

The Lycoming O-540 is a family of six-cylinder, horizontally opposed aircraft engines

of 540 cubic inch (8.8 l) displacement, made by Lycoming Engines.

The fuselage

The fuselage is an aircraft's main body section that holds crew and passengers or
cargo.

The semi-monocoque fuselage is constructed from fabricated frames, longitudinal

stringers, longerons and stressed skin. The fuselage has seats for two pilots, operators
consoles and their seats. The cabin floor can have detachable tie-down rings installed.

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The avionics/electrical bays are installed forward of the windshield. Three main access
doors are installed in the center fuselage, two on the left and one on the right. An
access door for the rear avionics compartment is installed in the rear fuselage on the
left. Two large access panels are installed in the rear fuselage on the right. The front
panel gives access to the cabin heater, equipment racks and general access to flying
controls.

The rear panel gives access to the main battery. This panel has a small hinged access
panel to give quick access to connect/disconnect the battery.

The front left door gives access to the two flight compartment seats which have
inertia reel seat belts.

Most of the instruments are on the main instrument panel. Primary flight instruments
are grouped in front of the left pilots seat and repeated instruments in front of the
right seat. The engine instruments are grouped in the center of the panel. Controls
and indicators for aircraft systems are installed on two other panels. One is located
below the left side of the main instrument panel and the other in the roof.

The roof panel is installed above and forward of the seats. Manually-operated
elevator and elevator trim, rudder and rudder trim and aileron controls are installed in
the flight compartment. The aileron trim is electrically operated. The flap system
operates electrically through a flap selector switch on the center console.

Empennage

Empennage is a term used to describe the tail portion of an aircraft. ("Empennage",

"tail", and "tail assembly" may be interchangeably used.) The empennage gives
stability to the aircraft and controls the flight dynamics: pitch and yaw.

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The landing gears

The main gears consists of an oleo pneumatic Struts (oil and Air operated). Its main
function is to support the aircraft on the ground during maneuvering and to absorb
the impact shock on landing.

Its a dual wheel assembly construction and has independent brake systems which are
operated by the Brake/rudder pedals in the cockpit

Nose gear

This assembly is use also to support the aircraft during maneuvering on the ground
and to absorb the shock of landing.

It is a single wheel assembly and is steerable by the use of cables which is also
connected to the rudder pedals.

Wings

The one-piece cantilever wing is made from pressed rib sections, fabricated spars,
span-wise stringers, machined plating and stressed skin plating.

The left and right engine recesses have stainless steel firewalls. There are two wing
fences installed. Each main landing gear tube is installed in a block in the wing and a
fitting in the nacelle structure.

Two integral fuel tanks in each wing form part of the wing between the front and rear
spars and outboard of each engine nacelle. The fuel tanks are sealed sections of the
wing structure. The inner fuel tank is the main tank and the outer fuel tank is the
transfer tank. Each tank has a fuel vent system.

The wing is attached to the fuselage by two main attachments on each side at the
front and rear spars, a drag-angle bracket and a shear attachment angle. Fairings are
installed at the leading and trailing edges to keep the aerodynamic profile at the wing-
to-fuselage intersection.

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These fairings wrap around the undersurface of the wing. The wing has under wing
hard points to attach under wing stores.

The Flight Controls

The flight controls consists of manually operated Ailerons, elevator, rudder and
electrically operated single slotted trailing edge flaps.

Aileron control is effected by manual movement of a conventional control wheel

attached through a sliding column to a Y shaped yoke

Movement is transferred from the cockpit via Pulleys, Cables, bell cranks and push
rods.

Flap Control

The wing flaps are movable panels on the inboard trailing edges of the wings. They are
hinged so that they may be extended downward into the flow of air beneath the
wings to increase lift and drag. Their purpose is to permit a slower airspeed and a
steeper angle of descent during a landing approach. In some cases they are also used
to shorten the takeoff distance.
The Flap control is electrically controlled by a motor and is actuated by a switch
located beneath the engine controls center pedestal

Rudder control

It is a movable surface hinged to the fixed surface that is located at the rear of the
aircraft called the vertical stabilizer, or fin. The rudder controls movement of the
airplane about its vertical axis and causes the airplane's nose to move to the right or
left and point in a different direction. This motion is called "yaw."

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Trims

Elevator Trim This a moveable tab attached to trailing edge of the elevator, It is
controlled by a wheel, chain and sprocket assembly located in the cockpit. Stbd of
the center console.

Rudder Trim This also a moveable tab of the same features as above. Located above
the pilots head in the cockpit.

Aileron trim This is a fixed tab cannot be adjusted from the cockpit may be located
on the Stbd Aileron adjust when on ground if a heavy wing condition exits.

Electrical System

Attached to each engine is a Belt driven self rectifying alternator These are
controlled by individual circuitry and is independent of each other.

An aux source of power is provided by and internal 28 V DC Lead acid Battery, this is
located in the Avionics bay, the avionics bay is located in the Nose section of the
aircraft. The alternators are used to keep the battery fully charged.

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