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POH-162-00-40-050
The typical instrument panel is equipped with various instruments/gauges that indicate airspeed,
altitude, engine parameters (RPM, EGT, COOLANT TEMPERATURE, OIL TEMP, OIL PRESS, FUEL QTY, Fuel
pressure) Garmin COM Radio, Garmin GTX 327 Transponder and the Garmin AERA GPS. Instructions
on how to use individual equipment (COM, XPDR, GPS) are found in individual equipment manuals,
as supplement to this POH. The gauges are round, 80 mm or 57 mm diameter, with the GPS being a
touchscreen unit. Radio is a modern lightweight unit, features full intercom and dual PTT connections.
See supplement for additional information about flight instruments.
Cockpit electrical system panel (switch panel)
The cockpit electrical system panel (switch panel) incorporates a separate master switch, avionics
switch and engine starter push-button, separate magneto control. There are fuses located in the il-
luminated rectangular toggle switches, as well as wired behind the avionics switch to each of the
electrical avionics loads (COM, XPDR, Lights)
NOTE The electric auxiliary fuel pump usually has a separate activation switch on the panel. Some
older aircraft may have the old configuration with the fuel pump connected to Master switch (see
service bulletin SB-162-00-80-006 Fuel pump switch retrofit).
When using the cockpit electrical system panel, use the following sequence:
MOTOR START-UP MOTOR SHUT-DOWN
MASTER SWITCH ON OTHER SWITCHES OFF
AVIONICS SWITCH ON FUEL PUMP* OFF
MAG (L&R ) ON MAG (L&R ) OFF
STARTER ENGAGE AVIONICS SWITCH OFF
OTHER SWITCHES ON as desired MASTER SWITCH OFF
FUEL PUMP* ON before take-o
* if applicable - see NOTE above
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