This is a followup to the recent Checklist discussion.
What other pertinent information do you add to your personal checklists?
I like to have the attached V-speed reference chart.
Overkill for a small single engine plane. Example, between 2200 and 2600 pounds average speed difference is about 3 knots. I doubt most people can fly the airspeed that precise in a 182.
But, if it makes you feel good, go for it.
What other pertinent information do you add to your personal checklists?
This is a followup to the recent Checklist discussion.
What other pertinent information do you add to your personal checklists?
I like to have the attached V-speed reference chart.
My C182N checklist is attached.
Nice. :smile:
I liked the checklist. I may adapt it for the 182's that I fly. The only nit I'd pick was the distance between "Engine Oil Level" and "Oil Filler Cap - Secure". Why aren't you doing those at the same time.Thank you. I was wondering what you'd think!
I have checklists like this for maybe 10 types. I've found that I usually remove a bunch of stuff from the normal procedures and then add in some IFR-related stuff - And launching into OVC002 is when I'm most apt to actually use the written checklists! But on the flip side, I generally add things to the emergency procedures. The manufacturers' checklists tell you only what to do with the *airplane* and nothing else. Clearly written by lawyers!
I also don't have the "what to do" part written down. If I'm about to start my engine and the list says "Master," if I don't know to turn it "On" then I shouldn't be in the plane by myself! Clearly this isn't the sort of checklist a beginning student should use, but once certificated I think that every pilot should make their own checklist that works for their particular way of thinking.
I liked the checklist. I may adapt it for the 182's that I fly. The only nit I'd pick was the distance between "Engine Oil Level" and "Oil Filler Cap - Secure". Why aren't you doing those at the same time.
Edit: (Note that the 182's I fly are 1999 and 2002 models, which may explain this.)
Okay, so it's like what I have on the 210. Gotcha. In my case, since we don't have a fuel truck, I need to taxi for fuel or walk to the FBO in any case...Yeah, you're on Lycoming engines with the post-shutdown 182's. We have a Continental O-470, and the oil dipstick and filler cap are in two different places under two different doors.
However, the real reason I moved checking the oil and fuel levels right at the beginning is that we keep our airplanes at the south ramp while the FBO is on the east ramp. So, if I need fuel or oil, I want to know about it BEFORE they go all the way back over to the east ramp. (They keep a fuel truck on the south ramp, but no people.)