Flight manual
inter
plane
Skyboy
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5. CONTROL CABLES
- condition and tension of the rudder cables and elevator-trim tab ropes
- checking of locking of the turnbuckles and guide-bowdens and hoses
6. TAIL UNIT
- condition of the horizontal and vertical surfaces, skin strain
- checking of the elevator and rudder deflection and locking of the hinges
- tension of the stabilizer ropes, locking of the turnbuckles
- checking of the tail skid
4.2 BEFORE ENTRANCE INTO THE PILOT'S COCKPIT
1. Wing surface - checking of the entirety and strain skin, checking of the strut system
2. Tail unit surface - checking of the skin entirety
- checking of the bracing ropes
3. Dismantling juncture - checking of the locking
4. Power unit - condition of the propeller fittings
- engine inspection and his attachment
5. Fuel system - checking of the fuel quantity
- checking of shut-down of fuel tank
6. Pilot’s cockpit - attachment and condition of the safety belts
- purity of the transparent canopy
4.3 AFTER ENTRANCE INTO THE PILOT'S COCKPIT
1. Engine igniter - switch OFF
2. Directional control - free movement
(after lifting of the nose wheel by pressure of tail unit girder by assistant)
3. Hand control - free movement
4. Brake - checking of function
5. Instruments - checking of values
6. Safety belts - button up and tighten up
4.4 ENGINE STARTING
1. Engine igniter - switch OFF
2. Fuel condition lever - open
3. Engine throttle - idling speed during the cold engine start use saturator
4. Hand fuel pump - overfull carburetor
5. Brake - apply the brake or the main gear must be secured by Scotch blocks
6. Engine igniter - to position S W I T C H O N
7. Starting
- carry out the starting by handle of manual staring or by the pushbutton
if the airplane has electrical starting.
After engine starting increase revolutions moderately and switch off the saturator as soon as possible.
8. Engine revolutions - idling speed
