User Guide

Flight Instruction
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Navajo Chieftain Before Takeoff Checklist
1. Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SET
2. Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RICH
3. Prop controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FORWARD
4. Cowl flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OPEN
5. Engine instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHECKED
6. Throttles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1500 RPM
7. Prop controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHECK FEATHERING
(max drop 500 RPM)
8. Gyro pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHECK 4-6 in. Hg.
9. Alternator output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHECK
10. Alternator INOP lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OUT
11. Annunciator panel lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OUT
12. Throttles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2300 RPM
13. Magnetos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHECK
(max drop 175 RPM, max diff 50 RPM)
14. Prop Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .EXERCISE
(max drop 300 RPM), then FULL INCREASE)
15. Throttles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IDLE 600-650 RPM
16. Throttles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1000 RPM
17. Friction lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SET
18. Seat belts/No smoking sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ON
19. Fuel selectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .INBOARD
20. Fuel Quantity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHECK
21. Mixtures and prop controls . . . . . . . . . . .FULL FORWARD
22. Flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SET
(0 deg. for normal takeoff, 15 deg. for short field takeoff)
23. Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OFF
24. Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SET (3)
25. Surface de-ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OFF
26. Pitot, prop, windshield heat . . . . . . . . . . . . .AS REQUIRED
27. Avionics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AS REQUIRED
28. Direction indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SET
29. Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AS REQUIRED
30. Transponder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AS REQUIRED
31. Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FREE
32. EMERG fuel pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ON
33. Air conditioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OFF
34. Prop sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OFF
35. Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RELEASE
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Flight Instruction
Beech King Air B200
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the wonderful world of turbine-powered fly-
ing. Those who aspire to a professional piloting career will assure
you that this is “where it’s at;” and once you’ve had the pleasure
of flying a turbine, you’ll find it hard to go back to pistons.
This is not merely, or even primarily, because the turbine
powerplant, whether turboprop or jet, is easier to manage
(although it is). Nor is it because these airplanes have all kinds of
labor-saving devices to make your job easier (although they do).
As much as anything, it’s because the turbine is inherently much
smoother and more comfortable than a piston engine, with all
those parts busily bashing back and forth. Add to that the fact that
both turboprops and, especially, jets have so much reserve per-
formance that, for the first time, a single-engine situation is more
an annoyance than a life-or-death situation, and you’re getting
close to a pilot’s ideal.
King Air B200 — The pleasure of flying
a turbine.