SA 160
AIRCRAFTA I R C R A F T
Symphony
AIRCRAFT
7-17
7.23 DOORS AND WINDOWS
7.25 ENGINE
SECTION 7
DESCR. & OPERATION
The SA 160 has two cabin doors. Each door is secured by a three-point
latch system actuated by an interior and exterior door handle on each
cabindoor.
To close the door from inside the airplane, pull the door shut, and push
thedoorlockinghandleforward into the lockedposition.
The door handle is spring loaded to the close position. To open the door
frominsidepullthedoorhandleafttotheopenposition.
To open the door from the outside, utilize the recessed door handle by
pressing onto the round part of the handle, pulling the handle outward,
and then turning it down. The doors open fully forward. The doors and
thebaggagecompartmentcanbelockedwith a keyfrom the outside.
The windshield, door and cabin roof windows are produced of polyacryl
and bonded to the door and fuselage shell structure. They cannot be
opened. For cleaning and care of the windows refer to section 8 of this
manual.
The aircraft is powered by an air-cooled, four-cylinder, direct-drive,
horizontally opposed gasoline engine with wet sump lubrication. The
engine is a Lycoming Model O-360-D2A and is rated at 119 KW (160HP)
at2700RPM.
The engine is mounted at four points on a steel tube engine mount via
dynafocalmounts.
The engine is equipped with: A single barrel float-type carburetor with
manual mixture control and an idle cut-off on the bottom of the engine, a
starter motor (front lower left), a belt driven 70A-28V DC-alternator
(front right), a dual ignition system with two magnetos (rear), a vacuum
pump to provide suction for the gyro instruments, and a fuel pump
mountedontherearoftheengineaccessory case.
Feb 25, 2005