Cessna 172P - Landing Gear System; Wing Flap System

SECTION 7
AIRPLANE &
SYSTEMS
DESCN,IPTTONS
CESSNA
MODEL
172P
Figure
7-3.
Wing
FIap
System
WING
FLAP
SYSTEM
The single-slot
type
wing flaps
(see
tiguro
7-3),
are extended
or
retractod
by
positioning
the wing flap
switch lever
on the instrument
panel
to the desired
flap deflection
position.
The
switch lever is
moved up
or
down in
a slotted
panel
that
provides
rriechanical
stops at the
10o and 20o
positions.
For flap
eettings
greater
than
10o, move the
switch lever
to tbe
right
to clear
the stop and
position
it
as
desired.
A
scale and
pointer
on
the
left
side of the switch lever indicates
flap travel in
degrees.
The wing flap
system
circuit is
protected
by
a lO-ampero
circuit breaker,
Iabeled FLAP,
on the left
side of the
switch and control
panel.
LANDING
GEAR SYSTEM
The landing
gear
is of the
tricycle type with a steerable
nose wheel, two
main wheels,
and
wheel fairings.
Shock
absorption
is
provided
by
the
tubular
spring-steel
main landing
gear
struts
and
the
airloil nose
gear
shock
strut. Each
main
gear
wheel is
equipped with a hydraulically
actuated
single-disc
brake
on the inboard
side of each wheel, and an
aerodynamic
fairing
over
each brake.
7-ro
30
May
1980