SO 4050 Vautour II N (Night Fighter)
      CHECK LIST
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BEFORE STARTING ENGINES
- Night flying : 
  - Panel light  : on
- Parking Brakes : set     <CTRL>+<.> 
- Gun-sight : masked  (if desired)
- Accelerometer : set to 1
- Push to test following lights :
     - "Engine Fire" : checked
     - "Landing gear up" : checked
     - "Flaps position light" : checked
     - "Air Brakes" : checked
     - "Landing gears" : checked + green lights on
- Attitude Indicator : 
      - Index : set to Ø
      - Fonction select switch : none  (index  full right)
      - Switch "Alt" : off
- Switch "NAV/GPS" : set to NAV
- Switch "PA" : set to on
- Switch "Gyrocompas" : set to GM
- Altimeter : set to Ø
- Pitch Trim (PH) : slightly up
- Drag chute Lever position : horizontal
- Thrust Levers : idle   <F1>
- Gear lever : down
- Flaps :down 30°    <F8>
         - Light "Flap down" : on
         - Flaps indicator : 30°
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STARTING ENGINES
- Fuel transfert  :    <CTRL> + <SHIFT> + <F4>
- Engine autostart :   <CTRL> + <E>
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BEFORE TAXI
 - VHF, UHF, IFF, NAV 1, NAV 2, RC : tuned
 - Air Brakes : retracted     </>
             - "Air brakes Light" : off
 - Canopies : closed    <SHIFT> + <E>
- Night flying :
      - "Navigation lights" : on
      - "Formation lights"  : on  (if applicable)
      - "Identification lights": off
      - "Taxi light" : on
Ready to taxi : 
     - Parking brake : released    <.> 
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BEFORE TAKEOFF
- Check :
      - Flaps indicator : 30°
                 - "Flaps position light" : on
      - Air Brakes : retracted    
                 - "Air brakes light" : off
      - Canopies : closed    <SHIFT> + <E>
- Night flying : 
      - "Taxi light" : off
      - "Landing light" : on
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TAKEOFF
-Thrust Levers : full forward    <F4>
     - Check : 8400 t/m (± 50 t/m)
- Rotate at  130 kt 
- Gear : up before 170 kt        <G>
          - All green and red lamps : off
- Flaps up at 190 kt     <F5>
       (sequence completed before 250 kt)
          - "Flap position light" : off
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CLIMB
- Night flying :
      - "Landing light" : off
- Optimum IAS : 420 kt below 19.000 ft  and Mach 0.85 above 
 - Maximum Slope climb : maintain 210 kt
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LEVEL FLIGHT
- Optimum : for example 35.000 ft :
            - Mach : 0.83  (approximately 7.500 rpm)
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AEROBATICS
- Altitude range : from 10 000 to 20 000 ft
- Loop : 
     - Start at 8000 rpm and 450 kt
     - Pull 4 g 
     - Inverted around 200 kt
- Roll :
      Start at 8000 rpm and 350 / 400 kt
- Lazy eight: 
      - Start at 7500 rpm and 400 kt  (Minimum 200 kt)
- Reverse half Cuban eight :
      - Start at 8000 rpm and 400 kt
      - Nose up to 60°
      - At 250 kt : half roll 
      - Inverted around 200 kt
      - Half loop
- Immelmann
      - Start at 8000 rpm and 470 kt
      - Pull 4 g 
      - Inverted around 230 kt 
      - Half roll
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DESCENT
- Standard let-down :
       - 6.600 rpm
       - Air Brakes : extended    </>
           - "Air Brakes Light" : on
       - Maintain 280 kt
- Best glide :
       - Thrust Levers : idle   <F1>
       - Air Brakes (if previously extended) : retracted   </>
                - "Air Brakes Light" : off
       - Maintain mach 0.80 above 34.000 ft and 280 kt below 
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GCA or ILS APPROACH
- Altimeter : set
- Decision Altitude : set
      
- Approach preparation :
  - End of descent : maintain 2.000 ft
  - Air Brakes : retracted   </>
          - "Air Brakes Light" : off 
  - Gear : down    <G>
          - check : green lights : on
  - Flaps : down 30°   <F8>
               - "Flap position light" : on
               - Flaps indicator : 30°
   - Maintain 160 kt (approximately 6.300 rpm)
   - Night landing :     
        - "Landing lights" : on
   - Starting descent to runway :
          - Reduce to 140 kt (approximately 5.700 rpm)
  - Then proceed as for a normal landing (see below)
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LANDING
- Altimeter : set
-  5 nm from runway : reduce speed to 160 kt
- Gear : down     <G>
         - check : green lights : on
 - Flaps : down 30°    <F8>
          - check : 
               - "Flap position Light" : on
               - Flaps indicator : 30°
- Maintain 160 kt (approximately 6.300 rpm)
- Night flying :     
      - "Landing light" : on
- Final approach : maintain 140 kt (approximately 5.700 rpm) 
- Try to cross the fence at 50 ft and 135 kt and then :
            - Thrust Levers : idle     <F1>
            - Air Brakes : extended    </>
- After Touch Down :
     - Drag Chute : deployed   = wing folding control keyboard command
     - Brakes : as desired     <.>
- Special procedures :
     1- Landing with flaps retracted :
           - Maintain 2.000 ft  with gear down 
                           and 170 kt (approximately 6.000 t/m)
           - Starting descent to runway : 
                        reduce to 160 kt (approximately 5.600 rpm)
           - Final approach : reduce speed to 150 kt
     2- Landing with one engine shut down :
           - Proceed as for a normal landing but increase speeds by 10 kt.
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GO-AROUND
- Thrust Levers : full forward      <F4>
- Air Brakes (if applicable) : retracted    </>
           - "Air Brakes Light" : off  
- Gear up  before 170 kt     <G>
           - All green and red lamps : off
- Flaps up at 190 kt    <F5`>
              (sequence completed before 250 kt)
          - "Flap position Light" :off
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AFTER LANDING ,  RUNWAY CLEARED
- Drag Chute : released :
                 = Wings folding control
- Air Brakes : maintained extended up to the tarmac
- Flaps : retracted 
          - "Flap position Light" : off
- IFF, NAV 1, NAV 2, RC : off
- Night flying :
        - "Landing Light" : off
        - "Taxi Light" : on
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ENGINES SHUTDOWN
- Parking Brake : set    <CTRL> + <.>
- Thrust Levers : idle
- Check :
      - "Air Brakes Light" : on
      - Light  : off 
- VHF and UHF : off
- Night flying :
      - "Navigation lights" : off
      - "Formation lights"  : off  (if applicable)
      - "Identification lights": off
      - "Taxi light" : off
 - Canopies : open    <SHIFT> + <E>
 - Engines cutoff     <CTRL> + <> + <F1>
 - Chocks in position : Parking brake : released   <.>
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Ejection sequence : navigator first, pilot second 
                     = arresting hook keyboard command
- Radar maintenance (After Engines Shutdown) : 
                     =  water rudder l keyboard command
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Procedures excerpted from documentation provided by 
Jean-Pol  PUISNE and Alain CROSNIER. 
 May we express here our deepest gratitude for that.
version july 21, 2006