AIRCRAFT
SA160
AIRCRAFTA I R C R A F T
Symphony
SECTION 1
GENERAL
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The VM-1000 Electronic Powerplant Instrumentation system is a
multi-channels engine monitoring system that provides the pilot
with all the necessary engine parameters, fuel indication and flight
parameters to enable safe operation and management of the
powerplant during flight. The system is comprised of an engine
parameters displays VM-1000, advisory display EC-100, a fuel
indicator display a digital clock a data processing units and engine
sensors. The VM 1000 indicator is located on the right section of
instrument panel adjacent to the radios. The fuel indicator is
located underneath the VM 1000. The EC-100 is located on the
uppersectionoftheleftinstrument panel section.
TheEC100displayislocatedintheupperleftinstrument panel.
The system provides four several categories of easily accessed
information:
-Engineinformation, such as power, number of cylinders, etc;
-Normal procedures checklists;
-Alertsandwarnings.
The EC 100 checklist function may serve as a general guideline for
thepilotwhileaccomplishingnormal procedures.
However, the pilot must be fully familiar with the normal and
emergency procedures provided in Section 3 and Section 4 of this
handbook.
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