Cessna 402 start

A walk through on starting up the cessna 402. Some items may be different from you company proceedures and the POH however all items are completed nevertheless.
I hope you enjoy this video as it is my first and i plan to make many more in the near future.

I would appreciate any feed back on the video how it could be improved.
I plan to make a complete walkthrough on the 402 rangeing from normal to emergency proceedures as well as IFR flight namely for Australian airspace.

I hope you find this interesting and i look forward to your comments.

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[elpaiche]

esta muy instructivo, los felicito a los productores. saludos.

[ipilot84]

@elpaiche Gracias, espero hacer más en el futuro. Estoy feliz de que te haya gustado.

[quiteactually]

The alternators remain on for normal battery start, however are turned off when started with external power. The POH  has you starting the left engine first since it's closer to the battery, however in many cases the battery is moved to the nose for CG purposes.

[ipilot84]

@quiteactually, I'm also curious as to why some engine types are started with alternators off as opposed to on? Even though the POH for the 402 says to have them on for engine start, our engineers always instructed pilots to start with the alternators off and turn them on after start. I always assumed it was to avoid overloading the alternator as the second engine was started, as a precaution.

[ipilot84]

Hey guy's, sorry I have not had a chance to make more video's yet, I've moved on from my 402 job. I'm flying for a regional airline in Aus, its been flat out. When I get a chance I'll try make some more tech videos on the dash 8-400, The company has a policy of no cameras during flight in the flight deck but I'll see what i can come up with. Shouldn't take to long to get some videos happening.

Thanks for being patient

[cessna207]

ahhh yes...a left engine start...something that no one seems to do...why is this???

[ipilot84]

@cessna207 Usually most twin engine light aircraft are started on the right engine first, I believe this is due to the position of the engine in relation to the pilot, its harder for the pilot to see the engine in some cases and if there was an engine fire or abnormality the pilot would be able to hear the engine. With the C402 the engines are in front of the pilot and easy to see, the left is started first because the wiring from the battery to the left engine is shortest.

[OWHSsoccer07]

looked like some breakers were popped at 0:27 ?? or am i just crazy?

[markuslebt]

interesting. gotta love the cessna caravan even tho thisone doesnt have a luggage pod. cockpit looks old which is great not like the modern tamagotchi-style ones with computers everywhere. g´day from germany

[BaronBoy100]

@quiteactually The chief engineer of one company I flew for also instructed us to start the engines with the alternators off. His reason was that the battery was the cheapest part of the starter system so it was better to start the engines with the alternators off rather than risk damaging them during the start.

[BaronBoy100]

@cessna207 The battery in a C402 is in the left wing root. Therefore, it is a shorter run for the electrical lead from the battery to the left engine and there is less resistance.

[castor5pollax]

Well done video! Very clear instruction.

[MikesFitnessGoals]

That was excellent! I have my PPC and am working toward my Commercial - thanks very much.