SO 4050 Vautour II N (Night Fighter)
CHECK LIST
_______________________________________________________ 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° _____________________________________________________ STARTING ENGINES
- Fuel transfert : <CTRL> + <SHIFT> + <F4> - Engine autostart : <CTRL> + <E>
______________________________________________________ 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 <.>
_______________________________________________ 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
_______________________________________________ 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
___________________________________________________ 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
______________________________________________ LEVEL FLIGHT
- Optimum : for example 35.000 ft : - Mach : 0.83 (approximately 7.500 rpm)
_______________________________________________ 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
____________________________________________________ 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
_____________________________________________________ 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)
____________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________ 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
_____________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________ 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 <.>
_________________________________________________________ MISCELLANEOUS
- Ejection sequence : navigator first, pilot second = arresting hook keyboard command
- Radar maintenance (After Engines Shutdown) : = water rudder l keyboard command ____________________________________________________________ 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