Grob Tutor
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| Grob Tutor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Image:Grob Tutor 5AEF.jpg Grob Tutor | ||
| Description | ||
| Role | Basic Trainer | |
| Crew | 2 | |
| First Flight | November 1985 | |
| Entered Service | 1999 | |
| Manufacturer | Grob | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 24 ft 9 in | 7.59 m |
| Wingspan | 32 ft 8 in | 10.00 m |
| Height | 9 ft 2 in | 2.8 |
| Wing Area | 131.3 ft² | 12.2 m² |
| Weights | ||
| Empty | lb | kg |
| Loaded | lb | kg |
| Maximum Takeoff | 2183 lb | 990 kg |
| Powerplant | ||
| Engines | 1x Lycoming 360-A1B6 | |
| Power | 200 hp | 149 kW |
| Performance | ||
| Maximum Speed | 150 mph | 240 km/h |
| Combat Range | n/a miles | n/a km |
| Ferry Range | miles | km |
| Service Ceiling | ft | m |
| Rate of Climb | 1050 ft/min | 320 m/min |
| Wing Loading | lb/ft² | kg/m² |
| Power/Mass | hp/lb | kW/kg |
| Avionics | ||
| Avionics | ||
The Grob Tutor is a single-engined low-wing monoplane used as a basic training aircraft by the RAF. The aircraft has fixed tricycle undercarriage with spatted wheels, a short nose, and a cabin with a broad canopy and all round vision. The wings are tapered with square tips and the empennage consists of a large fin and rudder with an oblong tailplane with square tips set at base of fin.
The Tutor is used by the University Air Squadrons to give Elementary Flying Training (EFT) to university students mainly sponsored by the RAF. The tutor is also used by Air Experience Flights to give flying experience to cadets of the Air Training Corps and Combined Cadet Force. The Tutor replaced the Scottish Aviation Bulldog in these roles in the late 1990s. Unusually, the Tutor fleet is owned and maintained by civilian companies and carries British civilian G-XXXX registrations under a PFI scheme.
Units Using the Tutor
- Royal Air Force
- University of Birmingham UAS
- Bristol UAS
- Cambridge UAS
- East of Scotland UAS RAF Leuchars
- East Midlands UAS
- Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde UAS
- Liverpool, Manchester and Salford UAS RAF Woodvale
- University of London UAS RAF Wyton
- Northumbrian Universities UAS
- Oxford University UAS
- Southampton UAS
- University of Wales UAS
- Yorkshire Universities UAS
- 9 AEF RAF Church Fenton
- 12 AEF RAF Leuchars
- 8 AEF RAF Cosford
- 3 AEF RAF Colerne
- 5 AEF RAF Wyton
- 7 AEF RAF Cranwell
- 4 AEF Glasgow International Airport/Abbotsinch
- 10 AEF RAF Woodvale
- 11 AEF RAF Leeming
- 6 AEF RAF Benson
- 2 AEF Boscombe Down
- 1 AEF St Athan
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