Baron be55 checklist
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Hey, at least he's considering using a checklist...how many piscat *warriors don't bother? You're right, the POH will have it. And Don't even consider getting in the aeroplane without reading and being totally familiar with it.
*piston category
*piston category
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I just read this Baron checklist. First, I don't know what a 55B is... perhaps they mean a 95-B55 ? My point; there's are many nuances and just mistakes in homemade checklists. Of course, the same is true of company / airline checklists. Look them over closely before using.
Another oddity; why do a briefing at the take off check, with both engines turning? I suggest a brief before starting, not on an active taxiway.
Another oddity; why do a briefing at the take off check, with both engines turning? I suggest a brief before starting, not on an active taxiway.
Está servira para distraerle.
If a passenger safety brief is appropriate you can certanly do that before start up in a light twin. What you might be briefing or self briefing at the holding point is IFR clearance and updates to any relevant emergency procedures.
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Baron 55 Checklist
If you fly a light twin like a 55 Baron, there is no magic in the checklist. All light piston singles and twins can work off the same vital actions, pre take off, of: Today (trims trim trim, tighten throttle friction, temps) Most (Mixtures, Mags and Master) People (Pitches, Pressures, Primer) Find (Fuel Selector/Contents/Pumps/Pressure, Flaps, Fuses, Frequencies) Good (Gills, Gyros) Hotels (Hatches, Harnesses) In (Instruments) Every (Electrics) Country (Controls). Use your good sense for after take-off and before landing checks, no rocket science in that.
Do your run-up first, both engines together so you have a nice comparison and you don't twist your nose wheel tire off. Then your V/A's will ensure you put all that you have fiddles with back in the right place.
A Baron 55 is the nicest of the lot to fly so long as you don't need to carry 5 pax. Watch your C of G and do a accurate load sheet.
Fyi, 16 ins of manifold pressure (bottom of green arc), 2400 rpm = 120 tks straight and level, ideal for holding pattern, then drop your gear with same power and = 500 fpm descent, ideal for ILS. Play with your flaps thereafter depending on surface conditions and you wont have to touch the throttles until short final.
Happy Flying.
Do your run-up first, both engines together so you have a nice comparison and you don't twist your nose wheel tire off. Then your V/A's will ensure you put all that you have fiddles with back in the right place.
A Baron 55 is the nicest of the lot to fly so long as you don't need to carry 5 pax. Watch your C of G and do a accurate load sheet.
Fyi, 16 ins of manifold pressure (bottom of green arc), 2400 rpm = 120 tks straight and level, ideal for holding pattern, then drop your gear with same power and = 500 fpm descent, ideal for ILS. Play with your flaps thereafter depending on surface conditions and you wont have to touch the throttles until short final.
Happy Flying.
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The one I used was;
Too Many Pilots Forget Good Habits Easily;
Trim, Tighten, Temp, Manifold, Mix, Mags, Master, Pitch, Pressure, Pitot, Fuel, Flap, Full and Free, Gills, Gyros, Hatches, Harnesses, Electrics and Instruments.
Worked for Be55, Be58, C401, PA23, Islander and Trislander and I used to sometimes fly several of these types in one day
Too Many Pilots Forget Good Habits Easily;
Trim, Tighten, Temp, Manifold, Mix, Mags, Master, Pitch, Pressure, Pitot, Fuel, Flap, Full and Free, Gills, Gyros, Hatches, Harnesses, Electrics and Instruments.
Worked for Be55, Be58, C401, PA23, Islander and Trislander and I used to sometimes fly several of these types in one day
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Good man... works for me! Sounds like you learnt at FVCP? Either Peg or MFC? 
Either way Len, do yourself a favour and read the little book that comes with the plane? The POH/POM? If your plane doesn't have one supplied... ask yourself WHY!
Either way Len, do yourself a favour and read the little book that comes with the plane? The POH/POM? If your plane doesn't have one supplied... ask yourself WHY!
