Eurocopter AS 350 83 Flight Manual page 114

FLIGHT MANUAL
3 USE OF BATTERIES FOR STARTING .
During long periods of inoperation it is reconmended that the battery be
stored in a warm area.
If a ground power unit is not available, start-up may be carried out using
the aircraft battery or two aircraft batteries connected in parallel.
The starting envelope is related to the temperature and is indicated in the
following chart.
DOMAINE DE DEMARRAGE AVEC BATTERIE DE 15 AH
STARnNG ENVELOPE WITH 15 AH BA7TERY
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TEMP. EXT. rc)
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OAT rC} -35 -30 -10
DEMARRAGE AVEC BATTERIE
-FROIDE CHARGEE f BAn
ENGINE START ON
COLD. CHARGED 2 BAn
BATTERY
1; DEMARRAGE AVEC BATTERIE
g CHAUOE (20") CHARGEE 1 BAn
~ ENGINE START ON
~ WARM j20.C}, CHARGED 2 BAn
> BAmRY
~
4 CHECKS BEFORE FLIGHT
Independently of the inspections prescribed in the basic Flight Manual,
perform the following operations and inspections:
-Main rotor blades:
Absence of snow and ice.
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-Main rotor hub and mast:
Absence of ice on the swashplates, the scissors, the servo controls and
the rotor head spring antivibrator.
-Power plant:
.Remove the air intake cover and the exhaust nozzle blank after
removing snow from the aircraft surface.
.Remove snow and ice accretion in the vicinity of the air intake and on
either side of the screen.
DGAC Approved: 350 B3 SUP.4
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