Grob Tutor
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	10,000(?) ft	m
Rate of Climb	1050 ft/min	320 m/min
Wing Loading	lb/ft²	kg/m²
Power/Mass	hp/lb	kW/kg
Avionics
Photo of Grob Tutor Cockpit

The Grob Tutor is a single-engined low-wing monoplane used as a basic training aircraft by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft (a Grob G 115) has fixed tricycle undercarriage with spatted wheels, a short nose bearing the engine and a 3-bladed variable-pitch propellor. The cockpit features a broad canopy and all round vision, with side-by-side seating for pilot and student. The wings are tapered with square tips and the empennage consists of a large fin and rudder with an oblong tailplane with square tips mid-set to the fuselage. Taken by sc147 This image is Crown copyright protected. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1985: Events Ryanair founded initially as a full-service carrier. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1999: Events Hot air balloon Breitling Orbiter 3 completes the first non-stop, round the world balloon flight. ... Grob G109B motor glider, built in 1986 Grob Aircraft SPn at ILA 2006 This article is about aircraft manufacturer. ... A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. ... A trainer is a training aircraft used to develop piloting, navigational or weapon-aiming skills in flight crew. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Grob G 115 is an advanced two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, primarily used for flight training. ... A Cessna 152 with a tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear describes a kind of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. ... Empennage is an aviation term used to describe the tail portion of an aircraft. ... Tailplane and rudder of an Me 262 A tailplane is a small lifting surface located behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as other non-fixed wing aircraft such as helicopters and gyroplanes. ... The fuselage can be short, and seemingly unaerodynamic, as in this Christen Eagle 2 The fuselage (from the French fuselé spindle-shaped) is an aircrafts main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. ...

The Tutor is used by the University Air Squadrons to provide Elementary Flying Training (EFT) to university students mainly sponsored by the RAF. The tutor is also used by Air Experience Flights to provide 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 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme. The aircraft are painted overall white with blue flashes and RAF roundels. University Air Squadrons are training units of the Royal Air Force which provide basic flying training to students at British universities. ... An Air Experience Flight is a training unit of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve whose main purpose is to give introductory flying experience to Air Cadets. ... ATC Crest The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. ... The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ... The Bulldog is a 2-seat side-by-side training aircraft designed by Beagle Aircraft and after the demise of the company was built by Scottish Aviation. ... The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method, developed initially by the United Kingdom government, to provide financial support for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) between the public and private sectors. ... The modern proportion RAF roundel A roundel is a distinctive, mostly round insignia or identifying emblem, commonly painted today on military aircraft to indicate which nations air force or navy they belong to. ...

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 Air Squadron
  • Liverpool, Manchester and Salford UAS RAF Woodvale
  • Northumbrian Universities UAS RAF Leeming
  • Oxford University UAS RAF Benson
  • Southampton UAS
  • University of Wales UAS
  • Yorkshire Universities UAS
  • 1 AEF St Athan
  • 2 AEF Boscombe Down
  • 3 AEF RAF Colerne
  • 4 AEF Glasgow International Airport/Abbotsinch
  • 5 AEF/University of London UAS RAF Wyton
  • 6 AEF RAF Benson
  • 7 AEF RAF Cranwell
  • 8 AEF RAF Cosford
  • 9 AEF RAF Church Fenton
  • 10 AEF RAF Woodvale
  • 11 AEF RAF Leeming
  • 12 AEF RAF Leuchars

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External links

• The RAF Tutor page
• Air Cadets Website
• Grob Tutor G115E Review by Today's Pilot

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