Section
VII
Systems
Description
BEECHCRAFT
Duchess
76
CARBURETOR HEAT
The
carburetor heat control levers are located just below the
control
console
on
the
pedestal.
The
levers have two
placarded positions:
OFF
- ON. When the levers are in the
OFF
(up) position, cold and filtered air enters the induction
system. Placing the levers in the ON (down) position allows
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should be"llsecrrPi"accoraa"flcei"wlfh'tt1e'recommendations in
the NORMAL PROCEDURES section.
INDUCTION AIR
Induction air is available from filtered ram air or unfiltered
carburetor heat air. Filtered ram air enters from above the
engine inside the nacelle area.
COWL
FLAPS
The
manual cowl flaps
are
controtled
by
separate levers
located just below the carburetor heat controls on the pedes-
tal. Each control lever has three placarded positions: CLOSE
(up) - HALF - OPEN (down).
The
control levers allow the cowl
flaps to be positioned so that the desired cylinder head tem-
peratures can be maintained.
STARTERS
The
magnetoistart switches are located
on
the subpanel to
the
left of the pilot's control column and incorporate R (right).
L (left), and BOTH magneto positions in addition to the OFF
and
START
positions. After activation
of
the starter, the
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Also, the switches
inc:::1ude
a PUSH
TO
PRIME posi-
tion that activates the electric fuel priming function for the
purpose of supplying additional fuel to the engine during
starting.
I
The
warning light placarded STARTER ENGAGED (ME-
)
7-20
August,
1980
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