Pilot Operating Handbook KP-5 ASA
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a) Cockpit before entering (1.)
- Master switch – turn on, check the amount of fuel and other el. instruments,
functional check of anticollision beacon
- Master switch, segmental switches and magnetoes -
off!
- Fuel cocks - closed
- Instruments check (integrity of protective glass, zero values and attachment
to instrument panel)
- Seat belts check (attachments to the frame, integrity of belts and braces)
- Free movement of control systems
- Brake function check
- Throttle lever movement (outer positions, fluency of movement)
- Seat attachment
- Canopy opening and locking.
- Cleaness of canopy glass
- Loose objects (affix or remove)
b) Engine area (2. 3. 4.) – check the following:
- Open the engine casing, check engine mounting condition and attachment
of engine, engine screws and engine mounting screws, shock absorbers
condition
- The spiral springs condition on exhaust system and their security lock with
binding wire; exhaust gas temperature sensor condition and attachment of
electric cables
- Electric installation cables condition
- Fuel hoses tightness and whole fuel installation tightness
- Carburettor attachment, check rubber packing, throttle bowdens, choke and
turbocompressor servomotor
- The amount of engine oil in oil tank and close the tank
- The amount of cooling fluid, cooling circuit tighteness, the level in
overflow tank
- Bowden tip attachment and threaded joint on string clip of adjustable
propeller control system
- Propeller inner screws tightness and the extention flange
- Propeller blades condition and propeller hub attachment
- Pull-rods and end stops of directional control
- Engine cowling attachment (screw tightness) – close it and lock it
