Piper Comanche PA-24 User Manual

PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
5-1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F15
5-2. Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F15
5-3. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F15
5-3a. Flight Control Surface Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F16
5-3b. Flight Control Cable Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F16
5-4. Standard Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F16
5-4a. Control Cable Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F18B
5-5 Control Column Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F22
5-6. Removal of Control Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F22
5-7. Installation of Control Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1F23
5-8. Aileron Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G4
5-9. Removal of Aileron Controls Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G4
5-10. Installation of Aileron Control Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G5
5-11. Rigging and Adjustment of Aileron Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G9
5-12. Manually Operated Flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G10
5-13. Removal of Manually Operated Flap Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G10
5-13a. Flap Bellcrank Distortion Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G11
5-14. Installation of Manually Operated Flap Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G11
5-15. Rigging and Adjustment of Manually Operated Flap Controls . . . . . . 1G11
5-16. Electrically Operated Flaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G15
5-17. Removal of Electrically Operated Flap Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G15
5-18. Installation of Electrically Operated Flap Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G15
5-19. Rigging and Adjustment of Electrically Operated Flap Controls . . . . 1G16
5-20. Flap Controls (PA-24-400) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G17
5-21. Removal of Flap Controls (PA-24-400) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G17
5-22. Installation of Flap Controls (PA-24-400) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G17
5-23. Rigging and Adjustment of Flap Controls (PA-24-400) . . . . . . . . . . . 1G18
5-24. Rudder Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G19
5-25. Removal of Rudder Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G19
5-26. Installation of Rudder Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G19
5-27. Rigging and Adjustment of Rudder Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G19
5-28. Rudder Trim Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G24
5-29. Removal of Rudder Trim Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G24
5-30. Installation of Rudder Trim Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G24
5-31. Rigging and Adjustment of Rudder Trim Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G24
5-32. Stabilator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G24
5-33. Removal of Stabilator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1G24
5-34. Installation of Stabilator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1H1
5-35. Rigging and Adjustment of Stabilator Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1H2
5-36. Stabilator Trim Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1H2
5-37 Removal of Stabilator Trim Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1H2
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Piper Comanche PA-24 Specifications

General

Manufacturer	Piper Aircraft
Model	Comanche PA-24
Type	Light aircraft
First Flight	May 24, 1956
Number Built	4, 857
Seating Capacity	4
Engine	Lycoming O-360
Wingspan	36 ft (11 m)
Length	24 ft 8 in (7.5 m)
Stall Speed	62 mph (100 km/h, 54 kn)
Height	7 ft 6 in (2.3 m)