Do you get carb icing in the Seneca?
Do you get carb icing in the Seneca?
What is the Engine Failure After Take off drill on your previous aircraft?
What is the Engine Failure After Take off drill on your previous aircraft?
No, you mechanically change a valve that changes the air intake to air that runs past the exhaust manifold and is therefore heated.
When you feather the engine on the Seneca, do you have to feather before a certain RPM?
When you feather the engine on the Seneca, do you have to feather before a certain RPM?
This depends on weight, C.G., temperature and density.
This altitude is usually where the combination of L/D ratio and engine efficiency are maximized.
If whilst taking off in a Seneca you lose the left engine what side do you want the crosswind to come from?
If whilst taking off in a Seneca you lose the left engine what side do you want the crosswind to come from?
Live side to oppose the yawing moment.
Where the brakes and gear hydraulically operated on the Seneca?
Where the brakes and gear hydraulically operated on the Seneca?
Only hydraulic gear.
Tell me about the V speeds in a Seneca
Tell me about the V speeds in a Seneca
If you pitch up in a Seneca the speed IAS will decrease, because of the constand speed drive (in the propeller hub).
The propellers want to maintain the original RPM. Therefore the blades will go to a more fine blade setting.
Why can't you feather the propellers below 800 RPM on the Seneca?
Why can't you feather the propellers below 800 RPM on the Seneca?
Easier for the company in regards to training, maintenance and spare parts as you only use one type of aircraft.
Does the Seneca have a carb heat system?
Does the Seneca have a carb heat system?
You’ve been flying the Seneca, does it have a critical engine?
You’ve been flying the Seneca, does it have a critical engine?
Amount of fuel divided by 24 GPH (gallons of fuel per hour).
What ice protection systems does the Seneca have?
What ice protection systems does the Seneca have?
Hydraulically driven by 2 electric pumps with a 7 second transit.