AFMS N° D08 FOR ALTERNATIVE AVIONICS CONFIGRATION AND
VARIABLE PITCH PROPELLER EQUIPPED AIRPLANES
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5. CHECKLISTS
5.1 BEFORE STARTING ENGINE (AFTER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION)
1. Seat position and safety belts: adjust
2. Flight controls: operate full stroke checking for movement smoothness, free of play and
friction.
3. Parking brake: engage
4. Throttle friction: adjust
5. Throttle: IDLE
6. Propeller Lever: HIGH RPM
7. Mixture control Lever: LEAN
8. Circuit Breakers: check all IN
9. Master switch: ON, wait EDM930 turn on, Check ALT OUT caution ON, Check LOW FP
and LOW OP warning ON
10. Only before the first flight of the day:
Standby Instrument: Check no red crosses displayed.
a. Press and hold the control knob (approx. 2 sec)
b. Rotate the knob selecting “INFO>” page then press it
c. Select “BATTERY INFO” page then press the knob
d. Check “CHARGE (%)” to be more than 80%, then exit menu
11. Avionic Master switch: ON
12. Fuel quantity: compare the fuel quantity indicators information with fuel quantity visually checked
into the tanks (see Pre-flight inspection – External inspection), then update the EDM930 fuel con-
tent in the totalizer accordingly)
The totalizer function available on EDM930 Engine page allows input only up to 230lts
(maximum usable fuel). Initial Fuel indication on totalizer must be corrected manually
(as it does not use the aircraft fuel quantity indicators as input). Once correctly initial-
ized, fuel consumption on totalizer is very precise as it take instantaneous fuel flow for
computation.
13. Electric fuel pump: ON (check for audible pump noise and increase of fuel pressure)
14. Warning “LOW FUEL PRESSURE”: extinguished
15. Electric fuel pump: OFF
16. Flap control: cycle fully extended and then set to T/O
17. Pitch Trim: cycle fully up and down, then set to NEUTRAL
18. Rudder trim: cycle full right and left, then set to NEUTRAL
WARNING
Pitch trim position other than in neutral position would affect take off perfor-
mance and take off rotation execution at the correct V
R
.
19. Nav & Strobe lights: ON
In absence of RH seat occupant: fasten seat belts around the seat in order to pre-
vent any interference with the aeroplane flight control operation and with rapid
20. Doors: Closed and locked
Section 4 – Normal procedures
CHECKLISTS
Ed. 1, Rev. 0
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