Grob Tutor
| Grob Tutor | ||
|---|---|---|
 Grob Tutor | ||
| Description | ||
| Role | Basic Trainer | |
| Crew | 2 | |
| First Flight | November 1985 | |
| Entered Service | 1999 | |
| Manufacturer | Grob | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 32 ft 8 in | 10.00 m |
| Wingspan | 32 ft 8 in | 10.00 m |
| Height | ft in | m |
| Wing Area | ft² | m² |
| Weights | ||
| Empty | lb | kg |
| Loaded | lb | kg |
| Maximum Takeoff | lb | kg |
| Powerplant | ||
| Engines | 1x Lycoming 360-A1B6 | |
| Power | 200 hp | 149 kW |
| Performance | ||
| Maximum Speed | 150 mph | 240 km/h |
| Combat Range | miles | km |
| Ferry Range | miles | km |
| Service Ceiling | ft | m |
| Rate of Climb | ft/min | m/min |
| Wing Loading | lb/ft² | kg/m² |
| Thrust/Weight | ||
| 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 RAF. The aircraft has fixed tricycle undercarriage with spatted wheels, a short nose, and a cabin with a broad canopy and two windows each side. The wings are tapered with square tips and the empennage consists of a large fin and rudder with an oblong tailplane with square tips set at base of fin.
The Tutor is used by the University Air Squadrons to give basic flying training to university students sponsored by the RAF. The UASs also run Air Experience Flights to give flying experience to cadets of the Air Training Corps. 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 PFI scheme.
Units Using the Tutor
- Royal Air Force
- Aberdeen, Dundee & St Andrews UAS and 12 AEF RAF Leuchars
- University of Birmingham AS and 8 AEF RAF Cosford
- Bristol UAS and 3 AEF RAF Colerne
- Cambridge UAS and 5 AEF RAF Wyton
- East Lowlands UAS RAF Leuchars
- East Midlands UAS and 7 AEF RAF Cranwell
- Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde AS and 4 AEF Glasgow Airport/Abbotsinch
- Liverpool UAS Woodvale
- University of London AS RAF Wyton
- Manchester & Salford Universities AS and 10 AEF Woodvale
- Northumbrian Universities AS and 11 AEF RAF Leeming
- Oxford University AS and 6 AEF RAF Benson
- Southampton UAS and 2 AEF Boscombe Down
- University of Wales AS and 1 AEF St Athan
- Yorkshire Universities AS and 9 AEF RAF Church Fenton
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External links
- The RAF Tutor page (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/tutor.html)
- Air Cadets Website (http://www.aircadets.org)