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| Battery (or External
Power) |
ON |
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The model has no real
link to external power.
The external power setting is only pretend &
actually uses the FS battery.
Because of this there is still a time limit before
the power runs out when external power is selected.
Once the engines are started, battery power is no
longer used. |
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| Invertors |
ON |
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| The invertors convert
DC power to provide AC power to various instruments. |
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| Parking Brake |
ON |
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| Nav Lights |
ON |
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| Beacon |
ON |
Either knob on the left
can be clicked to turn on the VC roof lights. Can
be useful during day time as it can still get a
little dark in a VC.
If the beacon causes the VC roof lighting to flash,
turn the VC lights off & turn them back on again.
The other switches on this panel are only dummy
switches. |
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| Fuel Cocks |
ON |
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The model uses a simplified
left / centre / right arrangement for the fuel system.
All left tank cocks operate together, same with
the right. |
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| Wing Fuel Pumps |
ON |
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All of the left &
right tanks are in the wings.
Similar to the fuel cocks, all left fuel pumps operate
together, same with the right pumps.
On the Comet the fuel pumps are used to bring the
tanks in and out of the fuel system, never the fuel
cocks.
The fuel cocks are always OPEN unless the fuel tank
is empty, in which case the fuel cock must be closed.
On the model, when fuel pumps are off, fuel can
not be delivered from that tank. |
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| Centre Fuel Pumps |
OFF |
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The lines on the schematic show how
the fuel tanks link to the four engines, with the
round 'gulls eye' indicators either linking or breaking
the connections.
Note that the centre tank is naturally routed to
only feed the left two engines. It will only ever
feed the right side if the crossfeed is opened.
The three crossfeeds are represented with three
'gulls eye' indicators between the fuel flow gauges
at the top. |
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| Fuel Crossfeeds |
CLOSED |
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| With the centre pumps
off and the crossfeeds closed, the engines are being
fed direct from their respective wing fuel tanks. |
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| Fuel Heaters |
As Required |
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If the temperature is
below 5 deg C, fuel heaters would be required.
Fuel inlet temperature is shown by the gauges above
the switches. |
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| Starter Master Switch |
ON |
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| No engines can be started
without the Starter Master Switch being on. |
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