ICON A5-B - Chapter 07 Description of Airplane and Systems; General Information

DESCRIPTION OF AIRPLANE AND SYSTEMS / GENERAL INFORMATION 7-1
Chapter 07
CHANGE A2 ICON A5-B / PILOT’S OPERATING HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 7
DESCRIPTION OF AIRPLANE AND SYSTEMS
General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Airframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-2
Flight Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3
Landing Gear System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-4
Instrument Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Avionics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Garmin G3X Touch™ Flight Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Garmin Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) . . . . . 7-18
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-19
Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Electrical System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Seat Belts and Shoulder Harnesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Cabin Heating and Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Water Rudder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
ICON Parachute System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
7.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
The A5-B is a two-seat, single-engine, amphibious aircraft. The
A5-B has a conventional high wing, tail-aft configuration with
ailerons, flaps, elevator, rudder and water rudder control surfaces.
The wings are manually foldable with the flight controls (ailerons
and flaps) connecting automatically. The tricycle landing gear is
retractable. The A5-B is equipped with a Rotax 912iSc2 Sport,
4-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, reciprocating engine of 100
horsepower. Installed equipment provides for flight in day and night
VFR conditions. Fuel is contained in a single fuselage-mounted tank.