SECTION 2
COCKPIT CHECK - BEFORE START

 
COCKPIT CHECK BEFORE STARTING ENGINES

 
1. Pilot and copilot seats - Adjust.
2. Rudder pedals - Adjust.
3. Safety belts and shoulder harness - Fasten and adjust.
4. Parking brake - ON.
5. Cockpit air control selector handles - As desired.
6. Nosewheel steering switch - ON.
7. Oil dilution switches - OFF.
8. Accessories compartment vent door's switch - As desired  (60-3762 and subsequent).
9. Hot fuel prime switch - OFF  (60-3762 and subsequent).
10. Feather dilution switch - OFF  (61-2595 and subsequent).
11. Battery master switch - OFF.
12. Windshield wiper switch - OFF.
13. Windshield heat switch - OFF.
14. Anticollision light switch - OFF.
15. Warning lights intensity switch - Bright.
16. Wing and taillights switch - OFF.
17. Standby/compass light switch - NORM.
18. Wing inspection light switch - OFF.
19. Formation light switch - OFF  (63-9718 and subsequent).
20. All radio switches - OFF.
21. Pilot's flight instruments - Check, set altimeter.
22. Gyro compass switch - Slave.
23. Pilot's oxygen regulator supply switch - OFF  (62-4172 and subsequent).
24. Fuel booster pump switches - OFF.
25. Fuel tank selector switch - Normal.
26. Troop-jump and pendulum release switches - OFF.
27. Engine instruments - Check.
28. Electrical power panel -
a.  D.C. generator switches - ON and guarded (2)
b.  Inverter switch - OFF.
29. Deicing panel - 
a.  Pitot heater switch - OFF.
b.  Propeller anti-icing switch - OFF.
c.  Wing-and-tail mode switch - OFF.
30. Copilot's oxygen regulator supply switch - OFF  (62-4172 and subsequent).
31. Copilot's flight instruments - Check, set altimeter.
32. Thrust indicator free-stream pressure selector - Normal.
33. Feather dilution switch - OFF  (60-3762 and 61-2594).
34. Autofeathering switch - OFF.
35. Clocks - Check and set (2).
36. Emergency panel -
a.  Cockpit and cabin heater fire extinguisher switches - Down and guarded (2).
b.  Fuel and oil emergency shutoff switches - Down and guarded (4).
c.  Fire-pull T-bar handles - In and horizontal (2).
37. Wheel brakes emergency lever - Forward and secured.
38. Standby compass - Check.
39. Overhead console-
a.  Instrument light rheostats - OFF  (4).
b.  Carb air induction switches - Ram.
c.  Carb hot-air levers - Cold.
d.  Flap selector lever - Down.
e.  Ignition switches - OFF.
f.  Taxi and landing light switches - OFF.
g.  Mixture control levers - Idle cutoff
h.  Propeller levers - Maximum increase.
i.  Gust lock handle - Locked.
j.  Throttles - Closed
k.  Landing gear selector - Down.

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