Kenny Keller walks through what aircraft checklists are and why pilots use them. The manufacturer provides a systematic set of procedures for every stage of flight, from preflight to shutdown. He then demonstrates a real cockpit startup checklist for an F28F helicopter, calling out seat belts, fuel valves, ignition, and throttle settings.
This video is a video response to a question asked by one of our online ground school members. She's new to helicopter flying. She simply asked, what is the checklist, where does it come from and how do you use it? And very simple answer is the aircraft checklist comes from the manufacturer. It covers all stages of flight. It's your pre flight startup checklist, takeoff checklist, cruise flight, landing, and after landing, shut down and securing. So it's a method of systematically making sure that you do all the things that you need to do to safely operate the aircraft. So we have a short video to follow up here with. Just an example of the checklist we used in the instrum F28F.
Just pedals? I believe so. Seat belts and doors latch. Seat belts on. No door. Flight controls travel in center. Yeah. Look back a little bit to me. Yeah. I think once the power's on, we might adjust it a little bit. Collective and throttle. Throttle off. Yep. Collected down and locked. Yep. Fuel valve on. Heater in. Rotor clutch disengaged. V's touching the floor. Mixture at idle. 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. Alternate 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. Ignition 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. It.
