Overhaul of the piper cub aircraft replica in ultralight category

Abstract

The subject of this article is focused on the description of the overhaul process involving a classic aircraft design, which is registered under the administration of the Light Aircraft Association of the Czech Republic. The research is divided into three chronological parts; the introduction, the main part and the conclusion. The first part outlines the subject of the research and its individual objectives. The main part deals with the historical background of the Piper Cub type and the current state of operation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, both from the technical and legislative point of view. A description of the given aircraft will follow and then, mainly, the elaboration of each part of the overhaul process and its individual procedures. Among the individual steps, there will be a description of the required process for increasing the maximum take-off weight of the overhauled aircraft. In the final part, the evaluation of the inputs described above will be performed and the results of the given study will be outlined. The research should provide a comprehensive description of appropriate maintenance and the overhaul process in complexity involving the vintage classic aircraft design under the legislation of the ultralight aircraft category. Another output will be the definition of a procedure for increasing the maximum take-off weight thanks to new, updated legislation.