BEECHCRAFT
Duchess
76
FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
Section
VII
Systems
Description
The flight instruments are located on the instrument panel
directly
in
front
of
the
pilot's
seat.
Available
flight
instrumentation
includes attitude and directional gyros,
airspeed, altimeter, turn coordinator, vertical speed, and
gyro pressure. The magnetic compass is mounted above
the instrument panel
and
the outside
air
temperature
indicator is located
in
the lower left corner of the windshield
(ME-1 through ME-440)
or
in the center of the
windshieldl
above the compass (ME-441 and after). The clock is
mounted in the upper left portion
of
the instrument panel.
ENGINE INSTRUMENTATION
Most of
the
engine instruments are located in the center of
the instrument panel.
This
group includes left and right
instruments for fuel quantity, fuel pressure, oil pressure, oil
temperature, cylinder head temperature, and loadmeters.
The alternator-out annunciator lights for each alternator and
the test switch are located adjacent to the loadmeters. The
balance
of
the engine instruments, located above the left
subpanel, include a dual indicating manifold pressure gage,
tachometers, and a dual indicating exhaust gas temperature
indicator. A dual indicating tachometer (ME-140 and after) is
offered
as
optional equipment in lieu of the two (left and
right) standard tachometer indicators.
GROUND CONTROL
The spring-loaded linkage from the nose gear to the rudder
pedals allows for nose wheel steering. Smooth turning is
accomplished
by
allowing
the
airplane to roll while depress-
ing the appropriate rudder pedal. Sharper turns require light
brake pedal pressure on
the
depressed rudder pedal.
The minimum wing-tip turning radius of
27
feet 2 inches is
accomplished
by
using full steering, one brake, and differen-
tial power.
January
1982
7-9
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