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OPERATING MANUAL
PSP 606
SECTION 1
AIRCRAFT - GENERAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Subject Page
I FUSELAGE
Nose Section
Centre Section
2
I Tail Section 3
AIRCRAFT DIMENSIONS 3
AIRCRAFT TURNING RADII 3
I DANGER AREAS
4
SERVICING POINTS 4
AIRCRAFT ANTENNAS 4
DOORS 4
Passenger/Crew Upward Opening Door 5
Airstair
Passenger/Crew Downward Opening Door 6
Emergency Exit Door 6
Service Doors
|FLIGHT COMPARTMENT 8
Instrument and Control Panels
Crew Seats
Cabin Sign Controls
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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WING (Figure 1)
Fuel for the aircraft is stored in three tank areas. The deep section airfoil
each side is used as a main tank and the centre section is used as an auxiliary
tank. A fuel-tight bulkhead each side of the centre section separates the
tanks, and all tanks are compartmented to ensure a continuous supply of fuel to
the engines under all normal flight conditions. On aircraft so modified,
additional auxiliary tanks are installed, one forward and one aft of the main
auxiliary tank.
The main landing gear (MLG) assemblies, mounted under the wing left and right
airfoils inboard of the trailing edge flaps, are conventional oleo-pneumatic,
shock-absorbing struts, each fitted with two wheels. The MLG retracts inward
into bins in a well in the underside of the fuselage.
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FUSELAGE (Figure 1)
The fuselage is an all-metal, semi-monocoque structure comprising nose, centre
and tail sections riveted together. The fuselage consists of externally
skinned frames, stringers and longerons. The nose section is mainly the flight
compartment area, the centre section is the passenger cabin area and avionics
bay under which the wing is bolted, and the tail section is mainly an equipment
bay to which the engines and empennage are attached.
A. Nose Section
The nose section is effectively divided by the flight compartment floor into
upper and lower halves. The upper half comprises the flight compartment and
forward avionics bay. The lower half comprises compartments for the brake
accumulators and brake valve control mechanism, the air-driven generator,
the flight control forward mechanisms and the nose wheel well and mounting
structure.
A weather radar antenna pedestal, mounted in front of the upper and lower
nose section halves, is enclosed by a cone-shaped radome made of Kevlar.
The radome is provided with a system of conductive paths to reduce risk of,
and damage from, lightning strikes.
The nose landing gear (NLG) assembly, mounted on the underside of the nose
section lower half at the rear of a well, is a conventional oleo-pneumatic,
shock-absorbing strut fitted with two steerable wheels. The NLG retracts
forward into a well and is enclosed within the well by hydraulically
actuated doors.
B. Centre Section
The unpressurized main landing gear wheel bay, which is provided with
bins to accept the wheels when retracted and which houses the reservoir
and other components of No. 3 hydraulic system
The pressurized rear fuselage underfloor area.
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C. Tail Section
The unpressurized tail section comprises the rear equipment bay, the
vertical stabilizer/rear fuselage frame structure and the tail cone. The
rear equipment bay houses the auxiliary power unit (APU), two air
conditioning cooling units, the reservoirs and other components of
hydraulic systems No. 1 and No. 2 and the aircraft battery. An access door
is provided at the bottom of the rear equipment bay towards the rear.
An engine pylon is secured to the rear equipment bay above the horizontal
centreline each side, and the engine attaches to a yoke extension on each
pylon. A pressure bulkhead is built into the front of the rear equipment
bay to withstand the pressure in the fuselage centre section.
By arming the nose wheel steering system and using the nose wheel steering
quadrant, the aircraft can be turned without the use of differential braking.
Figure 3 shows the turning radii with the nose wheel at the maximum nose wheel
steering angle of 55 degrees and at the maximum free castoring angle of 90
degrees. The radius shown for the maximum nose wheel steering angle of 55
degrees is equal to the minimum taxi strip width required for a 180-degree turn
with the nose wheel steering system engaged.
Using the nose wheel steering control wheel, the pilot can turn the aircraft
during taxiing, without differential braking, through a steering angle range of
55 degrees left and right. However, it is not possible to steer beyond 55
degrees using hydraulic power because the rack and pinion disengages.
The nose wheels are free to castor up to approximately 90 degrees left and
right for towing or taxiing with differential braking provided nose wheel
steering is disarmed to shut off the hydraulic supply. Hydraulic power must
not be used to re-engage the rack and pinion. If the nose wheels are at an
angle greater than 55 degrees left or right, they must be brought to a lesser
angle by towing or by differential braking before arming the hydraulic nose
wheel steering system.
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It is essential that persons involved with engine running are aware of the
danger areas in front of and to the rear of the engine(s). Before running an
engine, the information illustrated in Figure 4 must be used to consider the
safety of persons, equipment and buildings in the vicinity of the aircraft.
11. DOORS
Various doors installed on the aircraft are lockable. These are the access
doors to the avionics bays, the baggage compartment door, the passenger/crew
door and the rear equipment bay door.
The baggage compartment and emergency exit doors are of the plug type which
open inward; all other doors open outward. All doors are flush with the
aircraft outer skin when closed.
The passenger/crew door is either upward opening, complete with a folding
airstair, or downward opening, with the stairs as an integral part of the door
structure.
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When aligned with the passenger/crew entrance door opening, the airstair
can be extended to the ground to form entrance/exit stairs. When not
required, the airstair can be folded and stowed by moving it forward on its
tracks to a position whereby a locating spigot on the flight compartment
bulkhead mates with a hole in the stair. Simultaneously two stair locking
plungers locate in holes in the cabin floor to secure the airstair in its
stowed condition.
With the airstair in the stowed position, the locking plungers, when
engaged, activate a microswitch and a proximity switch. These switches are
electrically interconnected with the door warning system to ensure that the
door is unobstructed and thereby ensure that door emergency operation is
unhindered.
For airstair extension the locking plungers are released and the airstair
is moved to the door opening where it locks in position. As the airstair
is extended, a locking arm automatically engages, to hold the stair in the
extended position.
C. Passenger/Crew Downward Opening Door (Figures 10 and 11).
The entrance door is manually operated and downward opening with the stairs
forming an integral part of the door structure. Its movement is controlled
by a counter-balance system of gas springs and a spring-loaded cable drum.
Once closed, the door is latched from the inside by pushing the internal
handle downward. The T-handle is then pulled out of its recess to stow the
external handle, which clicks audibly when stowed.
The door is unlocked from the inside when the handle is pulled upwards
ejecting the external handle from its pocket. The door is then unlatched
by continuing to pull the internal handle upwards. As the door opens, the
handrails unfold upward.
The door unlocks from the outside by the operation of a PUSH trigger in the
external handle, which is ejected from its pocket. To unlatch the door,
the external handle is then turned 45 degrees counterclockwise. Pull-out
and pull-in handles are also provided to assist the operator in opening or
closing the door from the outside or inside, respectively. When the door
is fully open a door support leg extends to the ground.
D. Emergency Exit Door
For details of the emergency e x i t door, refer to EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.
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On other aircraft,
the baggage compartment door can be opened/closed from the outside only, by
manual operation of a single handle located near the bottom of the door.
The external handle stows flush into a pocket in the door outer skin and in
this position, it acts as a lock for the latching mechanism. The handle
has a keylock which unlocks or locks a PUSH trigger. The PUSH trigger,
when pressed, ejects the handle, then it can be turned to release the
locking plungers and open the door.
Rear Equipment Bay Door (Figure 13)
The rear equipment bay door, located at the bottom of the rear fuselage,
provides access to the APU, air conditioning units, replenishment points
for No. 1 and No. 2 hydraulic systems, and the aircraft battery. The door
opens downward, and is secured at the forward edge by two hinges which are
equipped with quick-release pins to facilitate easy door removal.
The rear equipment bay door is held closed by two plungers at the rear
edge, and is opened/closed by a handle. Handle operation is the same as
for the baggage compartment door, with the exception that the rear
equipment bay door must be supported during opening because of opening
direction.
Quick-release service doors and panels are provided for easy access to the
servicing points throughout the aircraft.
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The flight compartment contains the aircraft instrument, warning light, control
and circuit breaker panels, two crew seats and the flight control columns,
wheels and pedals. The compartment structure incorporates the windshield,
including a pilot's eye locator to enable seat adjustment for optimum field of
vision.
The pilot's and copilot's seats are identical except that certain controls
are installed on opposite sides; on both seats, inertia reel and forward/
rearward controls are located inboard, and lumbar support, height and
reclining
rev, i in nig lcontrols are located
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C. Cabin Sign Controls (Figure 17)
The NO SMOKING and FASTEN SEAT BELT signs in the passenger cabin are
controlled manually or automatically through switches located on the centre
pedestal.
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VERTICAL STABIUZER/REAR FUSELAGE FRAME STRUCTURE
HORIZONTAL
STABILIZER
PRESSURIZED PASSENGER
COMPARTMENT
(FUSELAGE CENTRE SECTION)
PILOTS-
BULKHEAD
FLIGHT COMPARTMENT
ENGINE COWLINGS
FORWARD AVIONICS
BAY (UNPRESSURIZED)
ADG COMPARTMENT
RADOME
HYDRAULICALLY
OPERATED NOSE
GEAR DOORS
WINGLET
NOSE LANDING GEAR REMOVABLE LEADING EDGES
19 ft 2 in
7 ft Oin 5 ft 0 in
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26 ft 6 in
8 ft 10 in 20 ft 4 in
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20 ft 8 in
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20 ft 4 in
20 ft 8 in
NOTES
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IDLE
THRUST
0 T
10 4
4 10
20 4
4 20
150 FT/SEC
(102 MPH)
30 4
350 FT/SEC + 30
(238 MPH)
100FT/SEC
(68 MPH)
40 4
4 40
50FT4 T 50 FT
60
200 FT/SEC 4 60
(136 MPH)
70 4
4 70
80 4
4 80
90 4
4 90
100 FT f 35 FT/SEC
(24 MPH) - 4 100 FT
110
- f 110
120
+ 120
130 +
+ 130
140 +
+ 140
150 FT -L
50 FT/SEC - 1 -150 FT
(34 MPH)
j l S g p ] 38<>C
(100 F)
MAXIMUM! °
THRUST
18 FT
MAIN GEAR
GROUND
LOCKING
PIN
COWL
ENGINE AIR INTAKE UPPER
ACCESS
OVERWING GRAVITY
FUEL FILLER (TYP)
GAS SPRING
STRUT
INTERNAL HANDLE
SAFETY GUARD
HANDLE
EXTERNAL
DOOR
OPERATING
SWITCH
HAND RAIL
NOTE
Airstair stowed when positioned
against flight compartment bulkhead
with locating spigot engaged in hole
in hand rail and locking plungers
engaged in stair track.
STAIR
EXTEND
LOCK
CABIN
FLOOR
TRACKS
INTERNAL
SINGLE
LEVER
HANDLE
SUPPORT.
LEG
DOOR (§
INDICATION/,
NOTE
Upward Opening Passenger/Crew Door
Amber light comes on when the T-handle is not Amber light comes on when the door is unlatched,
correctly stowed. or when the external handle is not stowed.
Green light comes on when the external and Amber light comes on when door locking plungers are not
internal handles are stowed. safely engaged.
NOTE
Downward Opening Passenger/Crew Door
DOOR PLUNGER
PLUNGER GUIDE
OXYGEN REFILL
UPPER AVION IC
EQUIPMENT BAY
FLIGHT COMPARTMENT
UNDERFLOOR AND
AVIONICS BAY ACCESS
NOTES
/ l \ REFER TO SHEET 2 FOR DETAILS
/£\ REFER TO SHEET 3 FOR DETAILS
/ ^ REFER TOSHEET4 FOR DETAILS
FOOT WARMER
STALL V CONTROL KNOB
WARNING
TEST PANEL
NOSE WHEEL
STEERING ARM •
SWITCH
WARNING AND
FLOODUGHT
SWITCHES
OXYGEN MASK.
LOCATION
/
DC METERING PANEL
THROTTLE SAFETY
LOCKS
TRANSPONDER CONTRC
" PANEL
REMOTE COURSE
SELECTOR PANEL
ANTUCE SYSTEM
CONTROL PANEf[0
LIGHTING
CONTROL
PANEL
\
AlP DATA SENSOR
ENGINE M£ ATI R CONTROL
BLEED AIR PANEL
CONTROL
PANEL
LUMBAR SUPPORT
INERTIA REEL
CABIN SIGNS
N O SMKG SEAT BLTS
ON