Textron Cessna 172R User Manual

CESSNA
MODEL
172R
SECTION
1
GENERAL
METEOROLOGICAL
TERMINOLOGY
Outside
Air
Temperature
is the
free
air
static
temperature.
It
may
be
expressed
in
either
degrees
Celsius
or
degrees
Fahrenheit.
Standard
Standard
Temperature
is
1
5°C
at
sea
level
Temperature
pressure
altitude and decreases
by
2°C
for
each
1
000
feet of
altitude.
Pressure
Altitude
Pressure Altitude is the
altitude
read
from
an
altimeter when
the
altimeter’s
barometric
scale has
been
set
to
29.92
inches
of
mercury
(1013 mb).
ENGINE POWER
TERMINOLOGY
BHP
RPM
Static
RPM
MAP
Lean
Mixture
Rich
Mixture
Full Rich
Idle
Cutoff
Brake
Horsepower
is
the
power
developed
by
the
engine.
Revolutions Per Minute
is
engine
speed.
Static
RPM
is
engine
speed
attained
during
a
full
throttle
engine
runup
when the
airplane
is
on
the
ground
and
stationary.
Manifold
Absolute
Pressure
is the
absolute
pressure
measured
in
the
engine
induction
system.
MAP
is measured
in
units
of
inches
of
mercury
(inHG).
Decreased
proportion
of
fuel
in
the
fuel-air
mixture
supplied
to
the
engine.
As air
density
decreases,
the
amount
of fuel
required
by
the
engine
decreases
for
a
given
throttle
setting.
Adjusting
the
fuel-air
mixture
to
provide
a
smaller
portion
of fuel
is
known
as
"leaning"
the
mixture.
Increased
proportion
of fuel
in
the
fuel-air
mixture
supplied
to
the
engine.
As air
density
increases,
the
amount
of fuel
required
by
the
engine
increases
for
a
given
throttle
setting.
Adjusting
the
fuel-air
mixture
to
provide
a
greater
portion
of
fuel
is known
as
"richening"
the
mixture.
Mixture
control
full
forward
(pushed
in,
full
control
travel,
toward the
panel).
Mixture
control
full aft
(pulled
out,
full
control
travel,.
away
from
the
panel).
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Brand	Textron
Model	Cessna 172R
Category	Aircrafts
Language	English