FLYING TIPS
This model is fairly easy to fly but reading this simple guide and familiarizing yourself with all the cockpit functions will enhance your flying experience.
We are indebted to Tom Goodrick, a real life C414A pilot, for his original FS2002 aircraft.cfg file and for his comments on flying the 414A. The 'General' section below is an edited version of Tom's comments and observations.
GENERAL
The Cessna 414A Chancellor fits in a slot between the
non-pressurized 402 and the pressurized and geared 421
Golden Eagle. The 414A is a good 4 to 6 place airplane.
The 414 appeared shortly after the 340 in the early
1970's. It can be thought of as a 421 with simpler
direct-drive engines or as a grown up 340. It is 2.1 ft
longer (1 ft in the cabin and 1 ft in the nose), has
a wing span 6 feet longer divied up as 1 foot each side
near the fuselage (which puts the engine farther out and
quiets the cabin) and 2 ft near the tips. It has no tip
tanks. All the fuel is held in the wings.
The engines are Continental TSIO-520-NB that produce
310 hp. They are turbocharged but not geared. Lack of
gearing makes them less fussy and easier to maintain.
There is one door that splits half up and half folding down to make a
stairway just behind the left wing. You enter at the second
row of passenger seats. The 414A is a very practical aircraft for a
small business with most trips of 500 nm or less.
A "potty" commode seat and simple galley equipment is often fitted in the rear fuselage compartment by operators who regularly use this aircraft for trips of more than a couple of hours duration.
PRESSURIZATION
The 414A can maintain a pressure difference of 5.0 psi. That
means it can carry a sea level cabin to 11,000 ft or have
an 8,000 ft cabin at 23,000 ft.
SPECS
Cont TSIO-520-NB engines, 310 hp each
Props: McCauley 3-blade 76.5 inch
Length: 36.4 ft
Height: 11.5 ft
Wingspan: 44.1 ft
Wing Area: 226 sq ft
Aspect Ratio: 8.6
MTOW: 6750 lbs
MLW: 6750 lbs
EW: 4399 lbs
Equipped Wt: 5041 lbs
Zero Fuel Wt 6515 lbs
(The last 235 lbs below MTOW must be fuel.)
Max Fuel: 1236 lbs
Best rate of climb airspeed: 108 KIAS
Best rate of climb: 1520 fpm
Ceiling: 30,000 ft
Cruise at 75% at 24,000 ft: 224 KTAS at 34 gph
Stall speeds: Clean 82 KIAS, Flaps 72 KTAS
Turbulent air speed: 145 KIAS
CLIMB
The 414A climbs only at about 1000 fpm in 'cruise climb' though
a higher rate can be sustained just after takeoff for a short
time.
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SIMPLIFIED OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLIGHT SIM
ENGINE START
1. Check parking brake ON
2. Battery switch ON
3. Check you have enough fuel for the planned journey.
4. Check that both the fuel tank selectors are set to "Crossfeed"
This is important.
5. Both mixture levers to rich (full up)
6. Autostart button starts both engines in turn OR you can start each engine manually with their individual start switches.
7. Switch on both generators (alternators)
8. Switch on avionics
9. Switch on lights as necessary.
TAKE-OFF
Some nose up trim is desirable for a clean lift off.
Most take-offs do not need flap. For short runways, and when fully loaded with passengers and fuel, use one or two notches of flap.
Always use full throttle for take-off.
CLIMB
Best climb rate is 1,520 feet per minute at full throttle. Reduce climb rate in steps as altitude increases. Over 20,000 feet 800 feet per minute is desirable.
CRUISE
Reduce throttle to 75%, reduce propeller RPM to 2300 rpm.
In this configuration fuel consumption will be approx 17 - 20 galls per hour per engine.
The official service ceiling is 30,000 ft, and the model will achieve this, but a more usual cruise altitude is 23,000 - 25,000 ft which does not put excessive demands on the pressurization system.
LANDING
Undercarriage and one notch of flaps can be lowered at 170 kts. Add more flap as required.
Maintain approach speed of 90 kts until over the runway threshold.
Add 10kts to your approach speed in gusty wind conditions.
SHUT DOWN
1. Parking brake ON
2. Mixture levers fully down (Ctrl-Shift + F2)- engines will stop
3. Both fuel tank selectors to OFF
4. Switch off lights
5. Switch off avionics
6. Both alternator switches OFF
7. Battery switch OFF
