What User's Guides/Manuals do you carry?

[Flying Scotsman]

I have a nice little stack of avionics User's Guides, Quick Reference Guides, User's Manuals, etc. The club planes I have been flying all have these in little (or big) pouches, but I'm wondering...

What's actually *required* to be carried, and/or what do *you* carry, in the plane?

For reference purposes, I have a 430W, SL40, GMA340, Dynon Skyview and Dynon D6. That's a not insubstantial amount of paper to haul around if I don't have to...

Steve

[Chino Tom]

I carry all the user manuals for the avionics (efis, gps and A/P) in my airplane. As well as the AIM. All in pdf formant in iBooks on my iPad. Another reason the iPad is an amazing tool for aviation.

[kevinh]

I have them all on a CD - along with my photo build log, FAA aircraft file, wiring diagram, blueprints, VAF white pages, etc... So if I ever needed them I could get to them at most FBOs. ( I keep this CD in the the aircraft toolbox )

I have all the same stuff in a folder on my 7" android tablet/PDF reader which is almost always with me.

[Radomir]

It really depends on equipment.. whatever is specified in the Limitations section of AFMS.. Example for 430W is here:

http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/2116_...SWVer3.30_.pdf

See section 2.1 for what's required (along with that doc itself). Note it says that those required manuals must be "immediately available to the pilot..." That's why you see all those books in the club planes..

[Jeff A]

I have all of them, including PDF copies of A/W Cert and Registration in iBooks on my iPhone....also have weight and balance program on there.

[N15JB]

There is a distinction between what is legally required and what may be useful. If you ever need the services of an A&P, he may not be willing to work on your plane because he does not have all of the relevant manuals. I carry a complete set of Van's construction drawings & SB's, install & operating manuals for each piece of avionics, Lyc. parts & overhaul manuals,
and contact list for all suppliers and engine shop. Everything fits on a thumb drive that runs on any computer that has a usb port. Overkill? Maybe, but hardly anyone plans on having a mechanical, and fewer yet can predict which part is going to break.

Jim Berry
RV-10

[ScottSchmidt]

I have everything on my iPad as well. I use a program called Goodreader that you can download at the app store.
It has really come in handy from time to time.

[humptybump]

Yup - when I had an iPad I had all the manuals on it as well as install guides. I also had the FAR/AIM (for light reading), some VAF threads, my test procedures, etc.

Boy, I miss my iPad !

[RV6_flyer]

Originally Posted by Flying Scotsman

What's actually *required* to be carried,


Steve

Airworthiness (actually its the "Special Airworthiness Certificate" 8130-7)
Registration (8050-3)
Operating Limitations
Weight and Balance

I left out the Optional 2nd R for Radio License. Only needed on international flights.

See Chino Tom's (Tom Prokop) post for the stuff that I carry.

[jdeas]

Originally Posted by Radomir

It really depends on equipment.. whatever is specified in the Limitations section of AFMS.. Example for 430W is here:

http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/2116_...SWVer3.30_.pdf

See section 2.1 for what's required (along with that doc itself). Note it says that those required manuals must be "immediately available to the pilot..." That's why you see all those books in the club planes..

You are referencing an STC specific to make an model. How does that relate to installing the 430W in an RV? Just looking at the legal question, not the good sense of using the STC as a guide for our own documents.

BTW: link to the approved supplement

http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/2116_...SWVer3.30_.pdf