User Guide

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DUAL SYSTEMS
While the Mirage has a single engine, it’s a very reliable
one; and if you analyze the history of problems encountered by
single-engine airplanes, it’s often the failure of some ancillary sys-
tem, rather than the engine itself, that caused the difficulty. Thus,
the Mirage not only has dual vacuum pumps, it also has a multi-
engine style “split” electrical system, with two completely sepa-
rate belt-driven alternators on the engine. Circuit breakers are on
the left and right sidewalls, while digital ammeters for each alter-
nator, and a single voltmeter, are on the lower center panel.
Above it, there’s a dual-width avionics stack with room for every-
thing up to, and including, weather radar (its antenna is carried in
a bomblike pod under the right wing).
ENGINE INSTRUMENTS
The Mirage uses state-of-the-art electronically-driven engine
instruments, arranged in two vertical rows
just to the right of the primary flight instru-
ments. These instruments are somewhat
smaller than standard ones, but since they’re
operated electronically, they’re linked with a
digital readout to allow extremely exact read-
ings. Red lights next to each indicator will
illuminate if critical operating limitations are
exceeded, and the extent and duration of
each limitation is recorded and stored.
The digital readout display is at the top
of the engine instrument stack and has left
and right windows, each showing two lines
of data. When the system is first powered up,
the top lines of the left and right windows
show TIT and fuel flow. The two lower lines
show manifold pressure and RPM.
Another big-airplane touch is the power controls: hefty
multi-engine style levers in a center console, rather than little
plungers sticking out of the instrument panel. Since this airplane
has enough power to make holding right rudder in a prolonged
climb tiresome, it has rudder, as well as elevator, trim; both trim
wheels are on the center console.
Flight Instruction
Flight Instruction
Malibu Overhead Switches
(use Ctrl + Up Arrow to see overhead)
Engine Starter
Battery Master
Fuel Pump
Alternator #1
Alternator #2
Landing Light
Taxi Light
NAV Light
Strobe Light
Annunciator Dimmer
Dump Cabin
Pressure
Compass
Left/Right
Magnetos
Malibu Floor Panel
(use Ctrl + Down Arrow to see floor panel)
Throttle
Emergency Gear
Prop Lever
Mixture Lever
Elevator Trim
Position
Elevator Trim
Knob
Rudder Trim
Knob
Induction
Air Selector