chipmunk checklists
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From: Nanaimo (CAC8)
karyn,
Welcome to PPRuNe. Have fun in the Chipmunk. You may find it a bit of a handful at first during take-off and landing, but once you are comfortable, it is a joy to fly.
If you haven't seen it already, read this thread http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...beautiful.html
One of my posts (121) on that thread has a link to several different sets of Pilot's Notes and Checklists. Let me know if you cannot download the file and I will send you a copy.
Simon
Welcome to PPRuNe. Have fun in the Chipmunk. You may find it a bit of a handful at first during take-off and landing, but once you are comfortable, it is a joy to fly.
If you haven't seen it already, read this thread http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...beautiful.html
One of my posts (121) on that thread has a link to several different sets of Pilot's Notes and Checklists. Let me know if you cannot download the file and I will send you a copy.
Simon
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From: UK
There are lots and you might find a checklist useful when converting onto type, but once you are familiar you will find the lovely Chippy is a very simple aeroplane. It needs no check list (a simple external walk around checking the basics, and internally a left-to-right cockpit scan does the job).
Enjoy the dHC1. I have flown many types but that one is far and away my favorite. You will find it noisy, vibrating, oily, slow, a bit underpowered in aeros, short range, and it has no luggage space.
But everything else about it renders those shorcomings instantly forgivable!
Enjoy the dHC1. I have flown many types but that one is far and away my favorite. You will find it noisy, vibrating, oily, slow, a bit underpowered in aeros, short range, and it has no luggage space.
But everything else about it renders those shorcomings instantly forgivable!
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From: brigstock
GSA tugging checks in supermunk downwind are:
My ( Mag Mixture)
Fat (Fuel )
Friend(Flaps)
Has (Hatches)
Hairy( Harness)
Balls (Brakes)
This also worked in the D140 for towing, but not when downwind with 3 young ladies (One of whom i was trying to impress) I tends to a bit of a conversation killer
My ( Mag Mixture)
Fat (Fuel )
Friend(Flaps)
Has (Hatches)
Hairy( Harness)
Balls (Brakes)
This also worked in the D140 for towing, but not when downwind with 3 young ladies (One of whom i was trying to impress) I tends to a bit of a conversation killer
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From: London
karynhill
There are lots of Chipmunk Pilots Notes on eBay.
They seem to be copies of the original.
newt
Trim 2 divisions nose down
Throttle friction tightened
Mixture rich & Carb Heat (wired) cold
Fuel On locked & sufficient
Flaps Up (Except for short field t/o)
Gyros (AH erect & DI reset)
Altimeter checked?
Gauges (Temp & Pressure)
Pitot Heat
Hatches closed & locked
Harnesses secure
I don't remember Altimeter being in the pre takeoff checks (although it probably was) and I think Controls F&F should be somewhere.
BEagle should be along soon. I'm sure he'll remember.
FL
There are lots of Chipmunk Pilots Notes on eBay.
They seem to be copies of the original.
newt
Not got a clue what it was for. Possibly pre takeoff checks?
Trim 2 divisions nose down
Throttle friction tightened
Mixture rich & Carb Heat (wired) cold
Fuel On locked & sufficient
Flaps Up (Except for short field t/o)
Gyros (AH erect & DI reset)
Altimeter checked?
Gauges (Temp & Pressure)
Pitot Heat
Hatches closed & locked
Harnesses secure
I don't remember Altimeter being in the pre takeoff checks (although it probably was) and I think Controls F&F should be somewhere.
BEagle should be along soon. I'm sure he'll remember.
FL
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From: London
You're right. It was wired hot. 
IIRC, although called 'hot' it was actually 'warm' so prevented icing with minimal effect on power - but my memory is stretching now.
I wish I could remember important things.
IIRC, although called 'hot' it was actually 'warm' so prevented icing with minimal effect on power - but my memory is stretching now.
I wish I could remember important things.
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From: UK
Service Chippys had the carb heat wired to 'hot' (warm, really). But then they had big long runways and few pie eaters in the seats.
Ours is in 'cold' for t/o, then immediately put into 'warm', where it stays for the rest of the flight (unless I remember to flick it to 'cold' on a go-around).
No check list needed once familiar. It really is a very simple aeroplane. Easy to fly, very difficult to fly well. An ideal trainer.
Ours is in 'cold' for t/o, then immediately put into 'warm', where it stays for the rest of the flight (unless I remember to flick it to 'cold' on a go-around).
No check list needed once familiar. It really is a very simple aeroplane. Easy to fly, very difficult to fly well. An ideal trainer.
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From: Nanaimo (CAC8)
My problem with "My Friend Fred..." was that I could never remember what all the words stood for, so I had to learn the more prosaic "Mixture, Fuel, Flaps, ..."
However, that downwind check (and the pre-takeoff check), with some additions for more complex aircraft, has stood me in good stead during the intervening 40+ years!
Concerning the carb-heat, I seem to remember that one of the forced-landing checks was to break the wire-lock and try cold air.
"India One One, fan stop."
"Roger, call climbing away."
Those were the days.
However, that downwind check (and the pre-takeoff check), with some additions for more complex aircraft, has stood me in good stead during the intervening 40+ years!
Concerning the carb-heat, I seem to remember that one of the forced-landing checks was to break the wire-lock and try cold air.
"India One One, fan stop."
"Roger, call climbing away."
Those were the days.
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From: England
I found the following pretty comprehensive, and worked OK for the 200 or so hours I spent in the delightful Chippy:
TTMMCGFFHCL
Trim
Throttle friction
Mixture
Mags
Carb heat
Gauges
Fuel
Flaps
Hatches and harness
Controls full and free
Lookout
On our chippy the carb heat was not wired. "Warm" rather than "Hot" due to the fact that air was drawn between the cylinders rather than through a cuff on the exhaust manifold as in cessnas etc. And I can attest that the power drop was not excessive after forgetting on an occasion to return it to cold before taking off from Netherthorpe! :-)
TTMMCGFFHCL
Trim
Throttle friction
Mixture
Mags
Carb heat
Gauges
Fuel
Flaps
Hatches and harness
Controls full and free
Lookout
On our chippy the carb heat was not wired. "Warm" rather than "Hot" due to the fact that air was drawn between the cylinders rather than through a cuff on the exhaust manifold as in cessnas etc. And I can attest that the power drop was not excessive after forgetting on an occasion to return it to cold before taking off from Netherthorpe! :-)
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From: ascot berks uk
Sorry to be "off thread " could anyone tell me when were the Coffman Starters removed from the Chippy and electric starters fitted ?a Miss fire was always a bottom twitching moment with the Coffman especilly when at R.A.F.Upavon an Elderly "Groupie"to us young "erks" earning his flying pay suffered this problem in the early 50s.
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From: Nanaimo (CAC8)
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing!
I recently got checked out in a Super Cub after many years of not flying one. I had forgotten what an ergonomic slum the cockpit was compared to a Citabria/Scout.
During my sixth and final circuit, I finally realized why my feet were getting warm on base and final. I had been applying cabin heat rather than carb heat on every landing! Luckily the dew point spread was in my favour.