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#Inspect battery and electrical connections
 
#Inspect battery and electrical connections
 
#Inspect primary and auxiliary fuel pumps and fuel lines
 
#Inspect primary and auxiliary fuel pumps and fuel lines
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#Inspect main drive shaft, belts, fans and condenser
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#Inspect vertical drive shaft, centrifugal clutch and sprag clutch
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#Inspect steam turbine for integrity
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#Inspect boiler for cracks or damage
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#Open boiler door, inspect burner, close door
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#Open drain valve, verify water flow, close valve
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#Inspect whistle
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#Verify steam vent closed
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#Inspect tail rotor drive shaft
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'''Tail Rotor'''
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#Inspect horizontal stabilizer for security
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#Inspect tail rotor for security
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#Inspect tail rotor hub and pitch-change links
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'''Left Side'''
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#Verify smoke box clear of obstructions
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#Verify water level 75% or higher
  
 
=== STARTING ===
 
=== STARTING ===

Revision as of 17:19, 11 April 2022

SECTION 4. NORMAL PROCEDURES

1 PREFLIGHT

A thorough pre-flight inspection is essential to the safe conduct of your flight. The following procedures are recommended:

Front

  1. Inspect bubble for cracks
  2. Inspect landing lights
  3. Inspect airspeed anemometer
  4. Inspect beacon and front nav lights
  5. Inspect right skids and struts

Right Side

  1. Inspect battery and electrical connections
  2. Inspect primary and auxiliary fuel pumps and fuel lines
  3. Inspect main drive shaft, belts, fans and condenser
  4. Inspect vertical drive shaft, centrifugal clutch and sprag clutch
  5. Inspect steam turbine for integrity
  6. Inspect boiler for cracks or damage
  7. Open boiler door, inspect burner, close door
  8. Open drain valve, verify water flow, close valve
  9. Inspect whistle
  10. Verify steam vent closed
  11. Inspect tail rotor drive shaft

Tail Rotor

  1. Inspect horizontal stabilizer for security
  2. Inspect tail rotor for security
  3. Inspect tail rotor hub and pitch-change links

Left Side

  1. Verify smoke box clear of obstructions
  2. Verify water level 75% or higher

2 STARTING

Use the following procedure for normal starts:

  1. Controls – neutral
  2. Collective – full down
  3. Throttle – idle
  4. Beacon – on
  5. Fuel Cutoff – on
  6. Rotor brake - off
  7. Switches (Bat., Gen., Fuel/Feed Pumps) – on
  8. Collective – raise slightly, then lower (verify low rpm horn sounds)
  9. Volts – verify > 9 volts
  10. Water level – Verify 100%
  11. Vent valve - open
  12. Ignitor – on
  13. Fuel Flow – 5%
  14. Boiler fire – verify
  15. Fuel Flow - full
  16. Boiler Temp. – monitor

At 212F Boiler Temp.

  1. Vent valve – verify steam present
  2. Wait – 1 min.
  3. Vent valve - close
  4. Boiler Press. - monitor

At 200 psi Boiler Press.

  1. Throttle – 5%
  2. Amps – verify not negative
  3. Boiler Press. - monitor

At 300 psi Boiler Press.

  1. Fuel Flow – apprx. 25%
  2. Throttle – increase to 2000 RPM
  3. Governor – on
  4. Throttle - increase to 2400 RPM
  5. Governor - verify active
  6. RPM – verify between 2700 and 2900
  7. Fuel Flow - adjust to center boiler press. diff.

3 TAKE OFF

4 CRUISE

5 PRE-LANDING

6 AFTER LANDING

7 SHUT DOWN

Use the following procedure to shut down the engine:

  1. Controls – neutral
  2. Collective – full down
  3. Governor – off
  4. Throttle – decrease to 2000 RPM
  5. Fuel Flow – cutoff
  6. Ignitor – off
  7. Rotor brake – on (when below 200 RPM)
  8. Switches (Bat., Gen., Fuel/Feed Pumps) – off