Special Hangar Project, Aero 400 Lab

Flight Certification of a Cherokee II Sailplane and the Construction of an Enclosed Trailer

1974
Aeronautical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University

Summary

The Cherokee II was built and covered by Leroy E. McChesney who did and excellent job in the construction of this home-built sailplane. The objective of this project was to complete an operational enclosed trailer and sailplane combination. This report will show the work done up to the test flight including a brief description of the test flight. Download full report (pdf, 2.6M), Flight Certification of a Cherokee II Sailplane and the Construction of an Enclosed Trailer


Ronald D. Kriz
College of Engineering
Virginia Tech
http://www.sv.vt.edu/ugr/sailplane_flght_cert.html

Revised December 10, 2004