|
-
POSTING RULES

-
Donate yearly (please).
-
Advertise in here!
-
Today's Posts
|
Insert Pics
|

04-11-2013, 10:40 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 92
|
|
What ACRONYMS do you use for flying checklists
In the recent 'almost a gear up' thread there were a few acronyms mentioned that are used for various flight phases. I've always used actual checklist cards for preflight, prestart, and runup, and then used the mental checklists (some having acronyms) for actual flight conditions.
I'm curious to what other acronyms are used and for what flight phase? Also it seems some same acronums are tailored to the aircraft.
Some mentioned already:
CIGAR
Controls: free and correct
Instruments: working and set
Gasoline: sufficient for flight
Attitude: proper pitch (and rudder/aileron) trim set
Runup: check mags, carb heat, prop, vacuum, alternator charging
Safety: seat belts, doors/canopy closed
CIGAR TIP
I've was taught FUMPS for downwind or occasional cross-country interim check.
Fuel: amount and tank selector
Undercarriage: Gear up/down or tire condition (check for flats)
Mixture: Rich/Lean as required
Power: Correct setting (and also carb heat)
Seatbelts:
I'd like to hear any others whether it's using and acronym, or just a checklist of items for a particular phase such as:
Preflight briefing items:
Preflight inspection items:
Preflight weather/route/tfr briefing items:
Pre- engine start items:
Engine start items:
After engine start items:
Taxi checklist items:
Runup checklist items:
Takeoff checklist items:
Various flight phase checklist items:
Climb phase
Cruise phase
Landing checklist items:
Shutdown checklist items:
Emergency checklist items:
|

04-11-2013, 11:57 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Georgetown, TX
Posts: 25
|
|
For me, starting and runup procedures are off of written checklists.
Prior to taking the active runway:
Lights (strobe and landing light)
Camera (transponder)
Action
Prior to midfield downwind for landing:
Gumpc's
Gas (fuel pump on and proper tank selected)
Undercarriage
Mixture full rich or leaned for density altitude
Power
Carb heat
Cowl flaps
__________________
Pete
KGTU
|

04-11-2013, 12:10 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: SF East Bay
Posts: 852
|
|
Years ago back when I was flight instructing full time I bet I heard at least one new acronym/checklist a month giving BFRs but they were all for the pre-take off or landing. None of them worked as well as following a printed checklist or doing it by flow and confirming with a checklist.
I remember GUMP. A variation was BCGUMP if you had boost pumps and cowl flaps.
There was TEAM. TEAM worked in simple airplanes.
Tanks. Fuel on or fullest tank.
Electrical. Lights, boost pumps etc.
Aspiration. Carb heat or alternate air if you were injected.
Mixture. Full rich.
TEAM worked for the takeoff or landing check. You just had to adjust the response depending on which you were doing. For instance, in the takeoff version you wanted the carb heat off but you wanted it on if you were landing.
If you were in a complex airplane you could use TEAMCUP
Same TEAM, CUP was
Cowl Flaps
Undercarriage
Prop
There was CIFFTTRR (pronounced sifter)
Controls
Instruments
Fuel
Flaps
Trim
Transponder
Run-up
Radios
One guy used SPEKLEFED and to this day I can't remember what it stood for but it worked for him.
I had a lady use Lights Camera Action as a final check while taking the runway.
Lights, turn the strobes on.
Camera, turn the transponder on.
Action, double checked mixture and prop were full forward.
Those are some of the ones that I remember.
__________________
Sam
RV-8 with the Showplanes Fastback conversion
Emp completed except for glass work
Wings completed except for bottom skin and glass work
Fuselage underway
N18451 reserved
|

04-11-2013, 01:45 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Dublin, GA
Posts: 256
|
|
Shut down
4 M's on shut down. 3 I picked up somewhere. I added #4 for the Ipad.
Mixture
Master
Mags
Maps
__________________
Maxwell Duke
Kitfox S6/TD/IO240/SteamIFR Built it
RV10 IO540/AFS5600x3 Bought it
CH750 O200/AFS5500. Built it with 7 friends. DAR-Vic Syracuse
Maule M7-235C Sold it(kind of miss it)
VAF paid 5/2017
|

04-11-2013, 01:49 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Woodinville, WA
Posts: 533
|
|
My favorite is FFT: - Fuel (fuel selector set, mixture rich, electric pump on)
- Flaps (zero degrees)
- Trim (set for takeoff)
I do this right before I advance the throttle for takeoff, after my written before takeoff checklist. It quickly covers the most critical items for takeoff.
-Rob
__________________
Rob Kochman
RV-10, Flying as of March 2011 ( blog)
Paine Field (KPAE)
EAA Chapter 1440
|

04-11-2013, 02:31 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mahomet, Illinois
Posts: 2,195
|
|
A couple ...
For Shutdown: SLIM
Switches
Lean
Ignition
Master
Last check when about to take the runway: TTT
Track (assuring you're at/on the correct runway)
Transponder (set)
Time off
__________________
Terry Ruprecht
RV-9A Tip-up; IO-320 D2A
S. James cowl/plenum
(Dues paid thru Nov '18)
|

04-11-2013, 03:56 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane Australia
Posts: 568
|
|
not an ACRONYM as such, but at the end of a check, i sometimes use "everything f***ing on" for a laugh.
__________________
Jamie lee
Brisbane, Australia
RV7A - Now Flying.
0-360,carb,catto 3 blade.
VH-XJL
|

04-11-2013, 04:37 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,256
|
|
I'll 'fess up to one:
Final Approach Fix, Inbound:
5 T's
Time (Timer started)
Turn (to the inbound heading)
Throttle (to descent)
Tune (Radios set)
Talk (To Tower or Approach)
and in a retract, 6 T's...add
Tootsies (Gear down)
That last one was from my instructor...she thought it up years ago 
__________________
Steve "Flying Scotsman"
Santa Clarita, CA
PP-ASEL, ASES, Instrument Airplane
RV-7A N660WS flying!
#8,000
|

04-11-2013, 04:38 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,256
|
|
Oh, and this one...one you should never, ever have to use...
You're in a mess, in the clouds, lost and blundering along when you should have stayed VFR:
5 C's
Climb
Circle
Communicate
Confess
Comply
__________________
Steve "Flying Scotsman"
Santa Clarita, CA
PP-ASEL, ASES, Instrument Airplane
RV-7A N660WS flying!
#8,000
|

04-11-2013, 06:53 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Topeka
Posts: 323
|
|
Before takeoff.
CIGTIPC pronounced sigtipsy
Controls - free and correct
Instruments - heading, altimeter etc.
Gas - tank selected, valve on
Trim - set
Interior - check shiny switches and knobs set to a nice eye pleasing manner
Power - mags, mixture, prop and carb heat
Canopy - closed and locked
__________________
Steve Stucky
Topeka, Ks
N282S - VariEze 500+ hrs
N283S - RV-7 1400+ hrs
KC-135 A/D/E Boomer (Ret.)
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:54 AM.
|