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

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.

[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?

[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 "

[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!!!

[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