User Guide

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Flight Instruction
220
Flight Instruction
CENTER PEDESTAL
The center pedestal, between the crew seats, is dominated
by the engine controls. Each engine has a power lever (analogous
to the throttle on a piston engine), a prop control that works exact-
ly the same way as it does in any other airplane, and the red-
knobbed condition lever, which is used primarily during engine
startup and shutdown. Consider it a fuel control: when it’s all the
way back, fuel to the engine is cut off, and when it’s moved for-
ward, the fuel is turned on. Its secondary function is to set the
speed at which the engine idles (when the power lever is in the
flight or ground idle position). Low idle is quieter, and provides
less residual thrust during the landing flare, while high idle pro-
vides a more rapid transition into reverse thrust after landing.
To the left of the power levers is the big manual elevator trim
wheel, with its indicator. Aileron and rudder trim knobs and indi-
cators are on the console below and behind the engine control
levers. At the right side is the flap control, which has only three
positions: UP, APPCH (which can also be used for short-field take-
offs), and DOWN.
Flaps Indicator
Cabin Rate of
Climb
Indicator
Cabin Altitude
Differential
Pressure
Condition Levers
Left/Right
Prop Controls Left/Right
Power Levers
Left/Right
Rudder Trim Knob
Aileron Trim Knob
Elevator Trim Wheel
Flap Control
Almost all of the switches on the subpanel are actually
“switch/breakers,” combining the functions of a switch and a cir-
cuit breaker. An overload on any of these circuits will cause its
switch to click back to the OFF position.
SIDE PANELS
The left side panel contains switches and indicators for the air-
plane’s fuel system. Be aware that some fuel system functions,
including various remotely-operated valves and the standby pumps
(all protected by, and labeled on, the top left row of circuit breakers)
are connected to a “hot” battery busbar, one that’s energized even
when the aircraft master switch is off. Be sure that the fuel crossfeed
and standby pump switches are in the OFF position before leaving
the airplane - or you’ll come back to a dead battery. The right side
has the alternate/static air switch.
Pilot Side Panel
Co-Pilot Side Panel
Alternate/Static Air
Fuel Quantity
Left/Right
Standby Fuel Pump
Left
Standby Fuel Pump
Right
Crossfeed Control
Main/Auxillary Fuel Gauge Selector
Firewall Fuel
Shutoff Left
Firewall Fuel
Shutoff Right