Cruising Flight; Engine Shutdown; In-Flight Engine Shutdown; In-Flight Engine Starting - PARMA-TECHNIK MIKRON III A Operating And Maintenance Manual

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MIKRON III A OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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5.5.
Cruising Flight
Engine speed according to the type of
propeller.
Recommended cruising engine speed is
2 350
rpm.
Temperatures
and pressures within approved operating
limits.
5.6.
Engine Shutdown
The engine is cooled- down in course of descent and
taxying. The enegine may by stopped by switching the
magnetos OFF after cylinder head temperature decreased to
160
deg. C. The engine may be cooled down after long
taxying or after taxying at high power setting running it
at an insreased idle power setting i.e. at
1 200
rpm.
Stopping the Engine:
- Throttle Setting
" IDLE "
- Ignition Magnetos
" OFF "
Battery Charging
" OFF "
- Fuel Cock
" SHUT "
5.7. In-flight Engine Shutdown
- Power Setting " IDLE
It
Airspeed,after cooling the engine
down,
" 100
kph "
- Throttle Setting
" STOP "
- Ignition Charging " OFF
It
- Battery Charging
" OFF "
5.8.
In-flight Engine Starting
Start the engine following the procedure given in 5.2.
Only the choke should be shut if the engine is still
warm. •
Switch battery charging ON after the engine reached
1
000
rpm. Full power should not be used before reaching
the specified minimum operating temperatures.
Using the Manual Starter
Manual starter of the Mikron III A engine is controiliad
by a short continuous pull of the starter handle so as to
turn the engine over the- compression stroke. This should
be adequate for windmilling starting of the englne
provided that propeller setting was correct and airspeed
sufficient. Violent and long pulling at the handle may
result in starter damage.
Issued 5/92