Piper COMANCHE PA-24-180 Service Manual page 16

PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
SECTION I
INTRODUCTION
1-1. General.
1-2. This manual contains service and maintenance instructions for the Piper PA-24 Comanche (Figure 1-1),
designed and manufactured as a versatile aircraft in the personal and business aviation field, by the Piper
Aircraft Corporation, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
1-3. Scope of Manual.
1-4. Sections
I
and III comprise the service part of this manual, whereas Sections IV through XII comprise
the maintenance instructions. The service instructions include ground handling, servicing, and inspection.
The maintenance instructions for each system include troubleshooting, removal and installation of
components, and corrective maintenance and testing; each major system of the aircraft is covered in a
separate section
1-5. Only qualified personnel should perform the operations described in this manual.
1-6. The description of the aircraft included in this section is limited to general information; however,
Figures 1-2 through 1-4 gives specific external dimensions. Table II-11 lists the leading particulars and
principal dimensions.
1-7. Description.
1-8. The Piper PA-24 Comanche is a four place, (optional 5th and 6th seats are available in the PA-24-260,
Serial Nos. 24-4300 and up) single-engine, low-wing monoplane of all metal construction. Paragraphs 1-9
through 1-19 provide descriptions of the major components and systems.
1-9. Wing. The laminar flow wing is of all-metal stressed-skin, full-cantilever, low-wing design, consisting
of two wing panels bolted together at the center of the fuselage. The wing tips are removable. The ailerons
are cable and push rod controlled and are statically and dynamically balanced. The trailing edge wing flaps
are manually or electrically operated.
1-10. Empennage. The empennage consists of the fin. stabilators, and stabilator trim tabs. The rudder and
stabilators are dynamically and statically balanced.
1-11. Fuselage. The fuselage consists of three basic units: the engine section, the cabin section, and the
sheet-metal tail cone.
1-12. Landing Gear. The landing gear is an electrically operated tricycle gear. consisting of a nose wheel
and two main wheels.
1-13. Hydraulic Systems. The brake system is operated by a hand lever or by toe brakes.
INTRODUCTION
Revised: 811S/98
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