Kenny Keller walks through the pre-start and engine-start checklist for an Enstrom F-28F helicopter, covering seat belts and doors, flight controls, fuel valve, rotor clutch, instruments, and the full starter sequence.
Just pedals? I believe so. Seat belts and doors latch. Seat belts on. No door. Flight controls travel in center. Well, look back a little bit to me. What do you think? I think once the power's on, we might adjust it a little bit. Bam. Good travel. Okay. Let's try the pedals and the collective enthroned too. Throttle off. Yep. Collect it down and lock. Yep. Fuel valve on. Heater in. Rotor clutch disengaged. V's touching the floor mixture at auto cutoff. Magnetic compass reading looks good. Altimeter at field elevation. It's reading a little bit high. Radio is off? Yep. All switches circuit breakers except for the anti collision. Okay. Collective down and locked. Yes, sir. Master switch on. Alternator switch on. Starter switch on. Trim motor. Circuit breaker in. Yes. Throttle full open. Full open Mixture full rich. Boost. Pump on five to eight seconds. Boost pump off. Mixture idle cutoff. Throttle closed and open to start position. Initial switch on to both. Reset our timer and see if we can get it started. Okay. Clear on the right. Clear on the left. Clear on the left. Engage starter. You pull it back out or you just hit it? Yeah. I try it again. And if it don't go? Try it one more time. If it don't go, we'll boost it. There.
