Ground Fine Power Lever Setting
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:37 pm
During my first taxiing tests with the KA350 I met difficulties to stabilize my speed, typically around 10 KTS. After a few tries I managed to get my bearings on the throttle range, and I can now share them with you:
- first, it should be noted that I am using the lower edge of the lever as a reference mark.
- please refer to the attached diagram to ease understanding !
- to go from 0 to typically 5 knots, position the lever in the LIFT zone below IDLE
- as soon as you have reached the desired speed, return the lever to the GROUND FINE indication. I have observed that facing the "E" of GROUND FINE, , this is where the taxiing speed remains stable.
- to slow down, you can pull the lever up to the top of the LIFT zone which marks the start of the BETA zone
- to accelerate, you can push the lever to the base of the LIFT zone below IDLE
So you can adjust your driving speed very finely, without even needing to use the brakes. It's valuable enough to line up on the track or in the parking lot.
- first, it should be noted that I am using the lower edge of the lever as a reference mark.
- please refer to the attached diagram to ease understanding !
- Power Lever Ground Fine Settings.png (69.95 KiB) Viewed 844 times
- as soon as you have reached the desired speed, return the lever to the GROUND FINE indication. I have observed that facing the "E" of GROUND FINE, , this is where the taxiing speed remains stable.
- to slow down, you can pull the lever up to the top of the LIFT zone which marks the start of the BETA zone
- to accelerate, you can push the lever to the base of the LIFT zone below IDLE
So you can adjust your driving speed very finely, without even needing to use the brakes. It's valuable enough to line up on the track or in the parking lot.