Aircraft Flashcards
Airframe
Carbon fibre
Flaps
Two sectional / fail safe
UP - 0
APP - 20
LDG - 40
Variable stop
Electric
Linear actuator
Limits elevator up movement with both engines exceed 20%
Flaps set to land
GEAR
Hydraulically operated electrically powered
Tricycle
GEAR SAFETY FEATURES
Squat switch - left main gear leg
Gear warning horn :
Power below 25%
Flaps LDG position
ENGINE
2 Austro AE300 E4B
100% max 5 min 165 HP
92% continuous power 152 HP
4 cylinder
4 stroke
Liquid cooled
Turbocharged
Reduction gear to propeller
Wet sump oil system
Dual digital engine control
DIESEL ENGINE
Turbocharged
Jet A fuel
TURBOCHARGING
Engine boosted to higher than sea level
Continues to maintain pressure until critical altitude
Has compressor
Variable elevator backstop
To prevent full elevator deflection in case of stalling the handling qualities and stall characteristics are degraded
Propeller
3 blade wood propeller
Constant speed, feathering
ECU - controlled via an electromechanical actuator on the governor
Governor operated by gearbox oil
Oil pressure up - pitch down - RPM up
Oil pressure down - pitch up - RPM down
Feather system
No auto feather
Engine off if RPM above 1300
If below 1300 prop pitch will remain locked in high pitch
Unfeathering by oil pressure from accumulator when Engine Master is on.
Fuel system
2 tanks
3 chambers
2 / 25 USG Usable
Auxiliary Fuel Tank
1 Tank
Capacity 13, 7 per side
Usable 13, 2 per side
Oxygen system
Continuous flow
Up to 18,000
Max 1850 psi at 21 C
4 cannulas and 1 mask
Acc AFM to be used above 10,000
Ice protection
Two means of FPD fluid application :
Spray nozzles ( windshield and propeller )
Propeller feeding slinger ring
Propeller feeding tube rubber leading edge
Porous skin panels
