Helpful Mnemonic's

[povopilot]

G'day all. I'm a long time reader/first time poster, and thought that i better make a contribution now that i can call myself a pilot. I'm just getting into the cpl side of things and sometimes am struggling to remember all of the items on checklists especially as it is sometimes a long time between flights . Does anyone out there have any good mnemonic's or workflows ie. puf, hassell etc that could make it a bit easier. Cheer's Povo.

[bullamakanka]

One of my favorites for top of descent was,

CAAAMRF

C - Compass / DG aligned
A - Approach brief
A - Aids, tuned, identified, tested.
A - Altimetry, set destination QNH on Altimeter
M - Mixture, consider descnt mixture settings
R - Radio calls, TOD call, set destination radio freq.
F - Fuel, consider fuel situation, i.e. aux to mains or switch to fullest tank.

see ya

Bulla

[knox]

I was told this once and never forgot.

Pre take off checks: The Man From IHC.

T = Trim........................... Set
M = Mixture...................... Rich
M = Mags......................... Both
F = Flaps.......................... Set for take off
F = Fuel pump................... On
I = Instruments................. Checked and Set
H = Harness and Hatches.... Secure.
C = Controls...................... Full and Free

Knox

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

My
Dog
Has
Fleas

Sorry, can remember what its used for!

Dr :8

Yeah, yeah, I know! Which way is it again? Over there huh!

[Lasiorhinus]

NPUFAIA is always a good one.

[Sqwark2000]

Tad sexist, but works for me.

You just need to remember there's 2 T's and 2 I's.

DVA's / Pre Take Off

T = To = Trim set, Throttle friction set
M = Many = Mixture Rich, Carb Heat cold (2 red knobs)
F = Female = Fuel - Cock, Contents, Pump, Pressure, Primer
F = Flying = Flaps set
I = Instructors = Ignition on both, Instruments set
H = Have = Hatches & Harnesses secure
C = Crashes = Controls full & free

S2K

[NZScion]

How can you forget your downwinds:

B - Brakes
U - Undercarriage
M - Mixture
P - Pitch
F - Fuel
H - Hatches & Harnesses

or:

F - Fuel
M - Mixture
U - Undercarriage
B - Brakes
P - Pitch
S - Security (Hatches & Harnesses)

I remember both, usually use BUMPFH

[flog]

Engine failue - FMOST

F - Fuel (pumps, tank full?, swap 'em?)
M - Mixture rich, cycle
O - Oil T's and P's ok?
S - Switches (cycle mags, breakers, fuel pump, etc.)
T - Throttle, cycle it, check linkages

Pre take-off - FIST

F - Fuel pump and tank to full'est
I - Instruments aligned and AH ok
S - Switches (lights, etc.)
T - Transponder to ALT

[willnotcomply]

T Tune
I Identify
T Test

[InTransit]

Would suggest getting a Good Guts book together to write these sorts of things down, makes it easy to study later on because we all have good mnemonics, though we can't always remember what they stand for! :)

"Down Scram" - for setting up the cockpit for an instrument approach
D - DME hold
N - NAV freq's set
S - Source (nav source set)
C - Course set
R - Radalt (DH)
A - Altimeter set (QNH
M - Marker audio on

"TEST" - Emergency brief
T - Type of emergency
E - Evac procedures
S - Signal for evac
T - Time to impact

"ABOAT" - Used for takeoff calcs
A - Accelerate-go distance
B - Brake energy limits
O - Obstacle clearance
A - Accelerate-stop distance
T - Tyre speed

"TSAFE" - Holding pattern brief
T - Time (leg time), Turns (left or right), Type (type of entry)
S - Speed
A - Altitude
F - Fuel on board for holding
E - Expect further clearance by...

"AWARE" - departure brief (not to be confused with takeoff brief)
A - Aircraft status (MEL's, PUS', etc)
W - Weather info
A - Airport info (U/S taxiways, etc)
R - Route info
E - Emergency / extras

"ROVA" - Descent below MDA
R - Runway in sight (approach end)
O - Obstacle clearance can be maintained
V - Vis along flight path sufficient
A - Aircraft maintained in circling area

"DROVV" - Descent below LSALT
D - DME / GPS arrival
R - Radar vectors
O - Over IAF doing an approach
V - VMC by day
V - Visual approach

"ONCAL" - Missed approach required...
O - Out of tolerance
N - Not visual
C - Can't affect a runway landing
A - Aid suspect
L - Lose visibility

[Mr Bomb]

Pre takeoff check

TTMPPFFISCH

T- trim checked and set
T - Throttle friction set
M - Mixture - full rich (set)
P - Primer locked
P - Fuel pump on/off as reqd
F - Fuel on fullest tank / reqd tank
F - Flaps set for takeoff
I - Instruments checked and set
S - Swicthes (engine runup - Mags, Prop, carby heat, alt air)
C - Controls, full free and correct
H - Hatches and harnesses secured

Downwind
BUMPFH

B - Brakes off
U - undercarriage down, three greens
M - Mixture fully rich
P - Fuel pump on/off as reqd
F - Fuel on fullest tank as reqd
H - Hatches harnesses secure

Finals
PUFF

P - Pitch fully fine
U - Undercarriage down three greens
F - Flaps set
F - Cowl Flaps open

Cheers
Mr B

[Cap'n Arrr]

And for IREX:

Alternates - Aids
Could - Cloud
Very - Visibility
Well - Wind
Prove - Prob/Prov
Life - Lighting
Savers - Storms

Or for Top Of Climb (sorry, dont have a phrase to remember this one, will take suggestions!)

F uel tanks selected
M ixture Lean
Q NH set
D G aligned with compass
C owl Flaps set


I should add that these mnemonics all vary slightly from school to school.:ok:

[Gnadenburg]

Good you brought your grog.

Green, yellow, blue, yellow, green.

A320 hydraulics on spoiler actuators left to right, left wing.

Mirrors the right wing too.

First job in Oz an Airbus these days?

[RadioSaigon]

bloody hell... pretty soon you're going to need a checklist to remember which mnemonic to use and when... sorta defeats the purpose doesn't it?

:ugh:

[tinpis]

Take My Fat Fanny In Hand

[Bendo]

Quick engine failure check:

"F**k Me I'm In Trouble"

Fuel
Mixture
Ignition
Instruments
Throttle

[Sunfish]

You are going to need more than acronyms.

[tinpis]

Dont ferget the sunglasses and flying suit with pens in the shoulders and a knee board
And with a few patches sewn on like "PITTS S-1 AEROBATIC PILOT " :zzz:

[airman1]

The F triple M checks about 500ft on final in an engine failure (shutdown checks all to off position)

Fuel
Mixture
Maggie’s
Master

CLEAROF checks for enroute cruise (VFR)

Compass
Log
Engine
Altitude
Radio
Orientation
Fuel

FMQD checks for top of decent

Fuel
Mixture
QNH
D - g aligned and set.


The rest have already been discussed ……. Have fun!!!:ok:

[Walrus 7]

Just before arriving at a VFR approach point.

A - ATIS
A - Altitude
L - Landing light on
T - Transponder code
A - Airways clearance

Has always held me in good stead.

Walrus

[Atlas Shrugged]

Dont ferget the sunglasses and flying suit with pens in the shoulders and a knee board
And with a few patches sewn on like "PITTS S-1 AEROBATIC PILOT "
and the tinfoil hat....

http://thejiveman.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/tinfoil-hat.jpg

Keep
It
Simple
Stupid

[300Series]

After Landing Checks

CFTMST

" Can't F**k The Monkey Seven Times"

C - Carby Heat Cold, Cowl Flaps Open
F - Flaps Up, Fuel Pumps OFF
T - Trims Reset
M - Mixture/s lean/ as required
T- Transponder STBY, Transmit Clear of Rwy/Taxi Call.

Works every Time

[slackie]

An one for the ATCOs out there....
Phraseology for passing Traffic Information....

Don't Trust Light Pilots..

D - Direction
T - Type
L - Level
P - Position

:ok::}

[povopilot]

Thanks for the replies all, I started this thread not just for myself but for all the people in training who have suffered the wrath of un-interested gr3 instructors that fail to teach you these seemingly basic things while you pay $300 an hour for them to log command time.

And Sunfish i understand that acronyms might not be much use - mnemonics however i find quite effective at helping to remember things when under pressure in the cockpit.

Cheers again, povo.

[kingRB]

CLEAROF checks for enroute cruise (VFR)

Compass
Log
Engine
Altitude
Radio
Orientation
Fuel



you forgot one important addition to that one, the extra F


CLEAROFF checks for enroute cruise (VFR)

Compass
Log
Engine
Altitude
Radio
Orientation
Fuel
Forced landing areas

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

I started this thread not just for myself but for all the people in training who have suffered the wrath of un-interested gr3 instructors that fail to teach you these seemingly basic things while you pay $300 an hour for them to log command time


Change your training organisation - NOW!

Dr :8

[Aerodynamisist]

For the ADF - from the days before GPS. I remember those days, back when people used to get lost all the time, very rare now days.

My Hot Red Bone Makes Babies

Magnetic Heading + or - Relative Bearing = Magnetic Heading to the station.

For clear of the runway I use STIFF (as "in gee my back is stiff from that landing")
Sartime : Cancel
Transponder : SBY
Illumination : Strobes off
Flaps : UP
Fuel : pumps off

For piston shut down
SLIM

Switches (radios/avi master)
Lean Idle cut Off
Ignition Off
Master Off

[Stationair8]

Flies, floats or is female = rent it.

Tits or Tyres = will end in tears.

[gettin' there]

Taxing/Run Ups

C controls - full and free
I instruments - checked and set
G gas - mixture rich, fuel on, fullest tank/both, sufficient
A airframe - flaps and trim
R runs - mags and prop/s
S safety - doors seat belts

[Sir HC]

My old man passed on a great Mnemonic to me. Its more of a big picture checklist before you wheel the machine out of the shed but also works well before you take off. It's AESOP.

Airworthiness - M/R, Daily insp, Can the thing actually legally fly?
Environment - Wx at Departure aerodrome, enroute and dest.
Situation - Where you are going. Notams, Maps, Flight levels, Fuel, Airspace, Flightplan etc.
Operation - What you are going to do? Charter, Over water, Dropping etc. What do you need?
Personnel - Who will be involved? Are they briefed, current, trained, fit, able, sober etc.

Works for me. Cheers.

[sms777]

" Trojan 426, continue approach 34 left, treshold wind 030 at 10 knots, CHECK WHEELS, Cleared to land!"
Who needs checklist?:E :ok:

[slackie]

SMS...yeh sometimes we could even fly the aircraft better than the pilot!!

[SoundBarrier]

Sometimes you can tell the origin of a pilots training by the mnemonics he uses...

Run Up Checks -
Too Many Pilots Forget Good Habits Easily

T - Trim, Throttle Friction Nut, Temperatures
M - Master ON, Mags on BOTH, Mixture (set)
P - Pitot Clear, Primer (In and Locked), Pressures (in the greeny bits)
F - Flaps (set), Fuel (On), Full and Free movements
G - Gills, Gyros,
H - Hatches Harnesses
E - Engines (check P & T again) - Electrics (Check charge and switches)

Short Final Checks -
CUP

C - Carb Heat (Cold)
U - Undercarriage (got some?:) )
P - Pitch (for VP aircraft)

Now what was FREDA and the other en route check I was tought?

[Got the horn]

Take Me Flying Please I Hate Cars is a good one I heard a while ago for DVA's.

BOHICA is a good one too!

[HarleyD]

Oh God, Sally And Caroline Put Charlie’s Cods Over Granny Roberts Good Spaniel. Penny And Caroline Put Charlie’s Cods(in)Many Cavities. May Penny Take My Arm And Palm And Charlie And Caroline Too? Charlie Touched Leslies Minge. Caroline Rendered Charlie’s Cods Sterile
This must be a good one cos Iv’e seen it all done
Open door/canopy
Get in
Sit down
Adjust seat
Close door/canopy
Put belts on and adjust correctly
Check sufficient fuel for start
Check clear behind and ahead
Open door /canopy
Get out again
Remove wind screen cover
Get in again
Sit down
Put Ray-Bans on
Adjust seat
Close door/canopy
Put belts on and adjust correctly
Check clear behind and ahead
Check instruments for indications – master OFF
Master ON
Check instruments for indications
Mixture rich
Prime – as required
Throttle set
Mags ON –‘ Contact’
Activate starter - When engine starts reduce power to 1800 rpm idle
Avionics (radios) set correct Freq, check squelch, turn vol right up – tap radio face
Plug headset in – turn volume down
Adjust epaulettes
Copy ATIS/AWIS/AWIB (whatever that stands for, can’t remember acronyms)
Apply sufficient power to taxi over chocks
Taxi to runup bay – do pre-take off checks checks for 20 minutes
Check that all checks and radio transmissions/broadcasts made
Taxi to holding point as indicated in ATIS if at GAAP, or just back track straight down active if at busy CTAF
Line up – make more calls – do more checks – safety brief to self (Our Father…etc…)
Move throttle forward (fully)
Check power
Release brakes
Check speed
Close throttle
Stop on runway, get out remove pitot cover…………………
…………………………
AAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH
I think you get the picture, It’s not the reliance on recitation of mnemonics or the generic check lists that stop you doing dumb stuff, it is awareness, experience, briefing, supervision, training and the ability not put yourself into situations that require this sort of junk.
Each aircraft has specific items that must be addressed in certain ways or they can ruin your day, or life. Use the specific checks for the aircraft you are flying as per the briefing, or from the AFM/POH, or in accordance with Company ops Manual. Do you think Captain Trubshaw sat up the front of Concorde going “HMM now let me see… TEMFICSH should do the job… now where is that carby heat knob” Just learning to check that the wheels are down on your C152 every downwind on every circuit does not guarantee that you will remember to put them down on a 210 at Birdsville when eventually get to fly a bunch of your drunken mates away to sponsor your aviation habit, likewise amphibious aircraft have a whole bunch of very important undercarriage checks that apply differently for water or land, one size does not fit all.
Use the aircraft specific check lists that you are provided with by the flying school for your training aircraft, and learn them properly, what they actually mean, if you don’t understand why the primer should be locked, ask your instructors to explain. Action them competently and efficiently and don’t waste heaps of time on complicated radio calls.
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate works for all normal and emergency situations (seemingly the reverse of how this is taught in some metro based schools) Making a base turn at a busy CTAF where there are NORAD ACFT and nominating yourself as “Number One” is so totally fcuking piontless and stupid that it defies understanding. LOOK OUTSIDE you can see other aircraft at the same time you are doing the ‘Aviate and Navigate’ bit, then communicate AS REQUIRED, not just for the sake of distracting yourself and everybody else (if they even care or have a radio)
Simple Aids memoire for some circumstances are sometimes all that is needed, no more than about 5 items at most are usually all that is needed. If they were the only way to do it they would be mandated and published
Inflight P+A=P ASPT (TOC) CLEAR is good enroute etc, this sort of stuff should be totally automatic if you want to fly professionally. In other words KISS.
Rant over, back to just looking at pprune for the next few months again
HD

[UnderneathTheRadar]

Before you even walk towards the aircraft:

PPPPPP

(Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance)

UTR

[lostpianoplayer]

...on Harley's amusing post. I take your point, that these things can seem a bit silly, and yes, proper checklists mean you don't have to remember this stuff, but I still, after 2000-odd hours (not much compared to some here, I know) use my basic mnemomics, depending on the aircraft, either AFTER the checklist as double check in more complex machines, or INSTEAD of the checklist in simple machines. So in one of my homebuilts, which doesn't have a factory checklist, and is very simple, I'm quite happy using TMFIHC ( "take me flying, I'm crazy", cos in NZ IHC is the intellectually handicapped society. Not very PC, I know, but I do find the more outrageous a mnemomic the easier to remember, so the obscene ones are better...) and do NOT use a written checklist at all. If I've checked Throttle Trim Mixtures Master Mags Fuel (Pumped, selected, enough) Flaps, Instruments Hatches Harness & Controls (free & correct) and runup, then I'm happy enough taking off in a simple machine. In a twin, though, I'll do the same, twice where necessary, AFTER doing the proper checklist, cos mine doesn't include, for instance cowl flaps, but still takes care of the "killer" items.

Harley is quite right that Concorde captains don't likely use mnemomics, but they have far more complex systems than you find in the average 172, for instance. It's aircraft specific, I guess. I've never liked the idea of simply using "flow checks" with nothing else as a backup, in most aircraft, but then I'm happy using flow checks alone in my R22, cos it's such a simple flow, from Fuel On (& wired on), around clockwise from there.

None of this matters too much though - use mnemomics if you wish, use just checklists if you prefer, or a combination of both....but be aware that they're not very transferable. So in my twelve years of BUMPFHH checks I still physically "pretend" that I have undercarriage, when flying a non-retract, and make a point of "checking" that it's down, even when it's welded. I know, I know, this is controversial, but it works for me, and is helpful when I fly a retract. Along with the "numbers in sight, gear's all right" check, and the "three greens" triple check on short final. But I STILL use a checklist in a retract. Might all appear a bit childish or excessive, but I haven't landed gear up yet...

Where I find mnemomics to be exceptionally helpful, from personal experience, is in emergency sitations. In both the real engine failures I had, my brain turned to mush, and I would never have thought to find the damn checklist, as I knew I was in serious danger. Or so, at least, it felt. But to have a bulletproof mnemomic, practiced over and over and over again, to pull out in times of trouble, I think is very helpful. You don't necessarily have much time, and I know from personal experience that it's easy to forget a step in an engine failure. So S&X With Llamas From Cold Macedonia Requires Patience serves me well. Engine failure? I'll have pitched for Speed, checked the Wind if I didn't already know it, and started a plan to Land before I could even find the checklist. I'll then sort out Carb Heat (as applicable) and change tanks & turn on the pump for Fuel straight away, before sorting out the Mixture, Master, Mags, Radio Call & Passenger Briefing, all the while executing the aforesaid plan. So, personally, I think mnemomics can be very helpful in simple aircraft, are a mixed blessing in more complex aircraft, but in any case can be very helpful indeed in emergency situations. That's my 2c anyway.

Incidentally, I think it's best to make up your own - I suspect they're more memorable if you come up with them yourself, using the names of people you know, for instance. (An old Roman oratorical technique, to digress for a moment...)

And, to sign off, I think of a mnemomic as a sentence, with each word giving you a letter to remember - eg Ducks Fly South, or wherever they go, giving D.... F.... S.... An acronym, by contrast, is just a blurb of letters, which hopefully makes some sort of word, but may not. So BUMPFH is an acronym. I hope I'm right, etymologically speaking, but in any case, I'd recommend mnemomics over acronyms...

[FRQ Charlie Bravo]

My first Chief Pilot taught me about TEMPFISCH and I've never looked back (after confirming that it accomplishes everything in a particular aeroplane's flight manual, of course).

Before Takeoff checks:

TEMPFISCH

Trims
Engine
Mixture
Pitch
Fuel/Flaps
Instruments
Switches
Circuit Breakers
Hatches and Harnesses.

Or and I think it's important to have Before Landing Checks rather than Downwind Checks (very helpful for straight in approaches).

FRQ CB

[aileron_69]

My favourite is IFR

I
Follow
Roads, Rivers or Railway lines

Always served me well anyway :E

[beer bong]

Engine Failure

Fcuk Me Im In trouble

1 Fuel

2 Mixture

3 Ice (carby)

4 Instrument indications

5 Throttles

[HardCorePawn]

Pre-Landing/Downwind checks (Many thanks to my first instructor for this gem):

F**k Me Up The Bum Son... Lightly.

Fuel
Mixture
Undercarriage
Temps & Pressures
Brakes
Secure - Hatches & Harnesses
Landing Light


Quick Trouble Checks for EFATO, Engine failure etc:

F**k Me I'm Poked

Fuel
Mixture
Ignition
Primer

[Bendo]

Hard Core... problem is you laugh too much using those and you can't get a radio call out :ok:

I don't want to start a fight :E but how about a review of the Acronym RAAus

Regulations All Avoided unless supervised :}

[av8trflying]

Hey guys,

Does anyone know any good ones for top of climb and top of descent??

[nibbio86]

After take off BUFEL:
-BRAKES ON
-UNDERCARRIAGE UP
-FLAPS UP
-ENGINE TO CRUISE CLIMB POWER
-LIGHTS OFF

[LUCKY-1]

Shut Down checks.

Babes = Brakes on
In = Idle power, or set 1200 rpm
Aircraft = Avionic master off
May = Mixture ICO
Make = Mags off
Knob = Keys out
Massive = Master off

Never really use it, just makes me laugh! :}

[GANNET FAN]

FTD
My
Dog
Has
Fleas

Tuning a Ukelele

[empacher48]

TITS

Tune
Identify
Test
Set

For naviad tuning IFR

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

TITS ....... For naviad tuning IFR

Is THAT what those things are for!

Dr :8

[empacher48]

Is THAT what those things are for!

Yeah! The more you twist the higher the volume! Didn't your instructor teach you that? :E

[Howard Hughes]

POETS- Piss off early tomorrow's Saturday...;)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

FTD
My
Dog
Has
Fleas

Tuning a Ukelele


Thanks for that Gannet! So its not to remind me to dip the dog, huh?

Dr :8

[Centaurus]

I wonder why Boeing and Airbus haven't thought of using all of the above. Beats using checklists and gives you more time to keep head outside the cockpit instead of heads down into the FMC....:D