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Section 7
Description and Operation of Aircraft and Systems
PilotĀ“s Operating Handbook
EXTRA 300S
7.9 CANOPY
The canopy is manufactured in one section. The canopy can be manually operated and
opened by lifting to the right.
Interior canopy locking handles, located on the left side on the canopy must be pulled
together to unlock the canopy from the inside. To open the canopy from the outside there
are no seperate handles, this means it must be opened by reaching through the small
window (bad weather window) and proceed as mentioned above (interior opening).
7.10 POWER PLANT
7.10.1 ENGINE
The power plant consists of one Textron-Lycoming six-cylinder, horizontally opposed,
aircooled, direct drive, fuel injection engine type with inverted oil system. The T/O Power is
300 HP at 2700 RPM.
Engine specification: a) Textron - Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5
b) Textron - Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5D
For the present TBO refer to latest issue of Textron-Lycoming
SERVICE LETTER No. L 201.
The AEIO-540-L1B5 (D) engine is equipped with special antivibration counterweights.
The following accessories are included in the power plant
installation:
-Fuel Injector: Bendix
-Magnetos: Slick
-Alternator: Electrosystem
-Starter: B&C
-Fuel pump: Gates Lear
-Shielded ignition system
-Propeller governor drive
-Transistor voltage regulator
The engine is operated with the following manual controls:
-Throttle control
-RPM control
-Fuel mixture control
The propeller governor monitors the RPM automatically and prevents overspeeding. In the
event that oil pressure is lost the propeller is automatically adjusted to coarse pitch in order
to avoid overspeeding.
The use of 100/130 aviation grade fuel (AVGAS 100/100LL) is the minimum grade
recommended by the manufacturer of the engine.
For continuous operation 115/145 aviation fuel is the maximum grade.
Page Date: 31. January 2006
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