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TES1830 Crew & Maintenance Access Stair

Suitable to service Doorsill Heights of 1.8m to 3.0m

Aircraft Types

All B707, B727, B737 VARIANTS, MD80, F70, F100, A318-321, BAC1-111, Caravelle, Electra, DC9, IL76, TU134, Yak40, Yak42 and IL-114

General specification

Parallelogram type with treads pivoting on full length stringers. Robust all steel construction, the stair flight is mounted on a welded steel chassis sub-frame.Manual lift-mast locking pins fitted to protect against hydraulic failure when elevated.The stair treads & top-platform walking-area are surfaced with punch/pierced steel-plate.Lower step hinged for towing.Sliding panelled doors on top platform with hand-operated spring-bolts at both sides of the top-platform to facilitate opening the aircraft doors with the Steps interfaced with the Aircraft. Leading edges fitted rubber buffering.

A pivoting-section with rubber buffering is fitted at the leading edge of the top-platform to compensate with fuselage contours.The stair has tubular-steel side/hand rails with a mid-rail fitted to both sides of the stair-flight. Full steel panels are fitted to the sliding rails at each side of the top-platform.Steering is turntable-type through a ball-bearing ring, controlled by the tow-bar. Tow-bar has a 50mm diameter towing-eye and folding grip-handle to assist moving.

Four, 5-stud fixing, two-piece wheels, with 15x4.5-8 super elastic tyres are fitted on hubs with taper-roller bearings

Parking Brake

Operating on front steering wheels, actuated by raising the tow-bar.Jacks are fitted to the sides of the chassis-frame.

Standard Finish

Chassis-Frame, Steering-Turntable, Tow-Bar, steps are Galvanised with ram & support frame painted with zinc rich primer & black topcoat. High-visibility (red 'day-glo' painted) markings, are applied to front/rear chassis corners and sides of tow-bar.

Options / Extras

  1. Special Corporate or Identification markings.
  2. Additional Visibility markings.
  3. Push button quick release stabiliser jacks
  4. *Stainless-steel rod in lift-cylinder

* (Recommended in a salt-laden environment)

Maximum Permitted Loads 2 Persons

Overall Weight

885kgs

Approximate Dimensions:

  • Height range : Min 1800mm Max 3500mm
  • Stair riser heigt: Min 105mm Max 200mm
  • Stair Tread Depth: 230-290mm
  • Stair Tread Width: 1010mmWidth
  • Inside Handrails: 1030mm
  • Top Platform Width: 1340mm
  • Top Platform Length: 1730mm
  • Overall Length Lowered: 5700mm
  • Overall Height Lowered: 2810mm
  • Overall Width: 1975mm

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