1. Check Right tire and suspension for damage or bolts loosened or missing,
2. Give the seat a bit of a push sideways to check secure, lay out the seat
belts eyeing for defects,
3. Check rotor head to stick functions for smooth and correct
4. Check battery is firmly retained and wiring still looks ok,
5. Look at frame and cheek plates top and bottom
for any damage,
6. Check the nose wheel and front leg for pressure, play or damage,
7. Check instrument pod is secure and rudder pedals are functioning correctly,
no damage nothing loose,
8. Make sure yaw string is there and free to
move,
9. Uncover pitot,
10. Check frame and plates are not
damaged,
11. Check controls from left side
for free movement and no pins or nuts having cracked their marker paint,
12. Look
for leakage of fuel tank, pump, hoses, drain fuel into a little jar and look
for water,
13. Check left side tire and
suspension,
14. Check seat
belt half on left side is ok and secure,
15. Check
fuel cap,
16. Check
engine for leaks, oil, fuel,
17. Remove
muffler plug,
18. Check all tie wires are in
place so nothing can fall off and go thru prop,
19. Check prop for general damage,
20. Check pre rotator wheel
assembly,
21. Check rear of keel and plates,
look for cracks in engine mount frame or brackets,
22. Check left side of tail,
straddle rear keel and push and pull prop into engine (check play) all bolts still safety wired,
23. Check
tail wheel is there and spins free,
24. Check right side of tail,
hinges ok, cable ends ok, pins and bolts all present and accounted for,
25. Back
behind right main, check engine
mount frame, look for leaks and problems,
26. Check the right side of rear
frame and plates.
27. Check right side of mast and
plates again,
28. If
rotors are off, climb up and lift the rotor head bearing section (like trying
to lift it off) to check for
play, spin it feeling for smooth,
29. Rotate
main rotor pivot bolt which turns the pivot bearings to a new position then
remove the pin, nut and remove the bolt' clean, inspect and re grease it,
30. Check torque tube for any
issues,
31. Check heim joints,
32. Check
prerotator firmly attached, brackets and bolts good and retaining wire is attached
if it were to fall off,
33. Move
the head thru its pivots for free movement whilst watching stick follows.
34. Wiring
secure and look for issues,
35. Assemble
the rotors, checking the hub bar visually,
36. Check the pins are still in the other side and bolt second blade, tighten and
pin,
37. Check the bore of the teeter block and its bolts haven't cracked the marker
paint,
38. Put
the rotors up and fit the cleaned and greased bolt, tighten up the nut and insert
pin,
39. Secure
the rotors with a slack rope.
40. Visually
inspect both rotors and wipe if dirty,
41. Add
fuel,
42. Note
in the log book the date, hobs meter time, what I just did, what I found, what
might need fixing/replacing soon, how much fuel went in, how old the existing
fuel was,
43. Prime
Carbs,
44. Ignition switches on,
45. Avionics and strobe on,
46. Throttle to 20%,
47. Yell
clear prop,
48. Press
starter button no more than 5 times,
49. Warm
to 212 degrees CHT,
50. Check both ignition switches at 3500 rpm,
51. Stop
it, look again for leaks etc, then just stand back and give it a looking over.
Any pilot friends there get asked to run an eye over it as well,
52. Pull
it out to the flight line to start of taxi area,
53. Check throttle full to idle a
couple of times,
54. Throttle to 20%,
55. Yell
clear prop,
56. Press
starter button no more than 5 times,
57. Warm
to 212 degrees CHT,
58. Untie
rope, wrap it around gut and wear it like a belt,
59. Face
machine into wind or 10-11 oçlock to it (usual call) hand spin the rotors to
about 30 ish,
60. Get
in, seat belt on,
61. Give
the prerotator a blast to get them to the hump or a bit better,
62. Get onto
the strip, stick back start take off roll,
63. When
the rotors are blurring and making all the right noises, nose wheel coming up,
64. Ease stick forward and fly off
64. Ease stick forward and fly off
