Grob Tutor
| 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 |
|---|
| Avionics | - |
The
Grob Tutor is a single-engined low-wing
monoplane used as a basic
training aircraft by the
Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft has fixed
tricycle undercarriage with [spat]ted 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.
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.
* 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
** Northumbrian Universities UAS
** 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*
The RAF Tutor page*
Air Cadets Website
