TES2537 Crew & Maintenance Access Stair

Suitable to service Doorsill Heights of 2.5m to 3.7m

Aircraft Types

A318-321, ALL B707, B727, B737 VARIANTS, DC8, Electra, IL-18, IL-62, TU134, TU154 and Yak42

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 steelplate. 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 bearingsParking-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 stabaliser jacks
4. *Stainless-steel rod in lift-cylinder

* (Recommended in a salt-laden environment)

Maximum Permitted Loads2 Persons

Overall Weight : 1025kgs

Approximate Dimensions:

• Height range : Min 2490mm Max 3670mm
• Stair riser hgt: Min 130mm Max 203mm
• Stair Tread Depth: 230-290mm
• Stair Tread Width: 1010mm
• Width Inside Handrails: 1020mm
• Top Platform Width: 1320mm
• Top Platform Length: 1720mm
• Overall Length Lowered: 7000mm
• Overall Height Lowered: 3500mm
• Overall Width: 1975mm
• No. of Steps: 18