# Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin — L29CHECKLIST

> **NOT FOR FLIGHT** — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full

> **content_gap**: Section "AFTER ENTERING THE COCKPIT" item count differs between passes (44 vs 21); verify nothing was dropped.
> **content_gap**: Section "LANDING" item count differs between passes (21 vs 2); verify nothing was dropped.

## INTERIOR INSPECTION R/C (for solo flight)

- [ ] Ejection seat — **secured**
- [ ] Safety pins — **installed**
- [ ] Parachute — **removed or secure**
- [ ] Harness and lap belt — **secure**
- [ ] ISOLATION VALVE Switch — **off**
- [ ] FIRE EXT cover — **safety wired**
- [ ] F/C STAT PRESS Lever — **NORMAL safety wired**
- [ ] F/C DYN PRESS Lever — **NORMAL safety wired**
- [ ] F/C ATT IND BANK Switch — **NORMAL**
- [ ] F/C ATT IND PITCH Switch — **NORMAL**
- [ ] LANDING LIGHT Switch — **NORMAL**
- [ ] F/C LDG GEAR LOCK OUT — **OFF**
- [ ] RAM AIR shut off lever — **CLOSED**
**ENGINE+FUEL GAGES**
- [ ] Priority switch — **F/C**
- [ ] EXT STORES JETTISON — **safety wired**
- [ ] SEC B switch — **ON**
- [ ] MASTER switch — **ON**
- [ ] ICS switches--(avionics--) — **AS REQUIRED**
- [ ] EMERG BRAKE — **OFF, safety wired**
- [ ] Pressure gauges — **proper reading**
- [ ] Hand valves — **closed, safety wired**
- [ ] Canopy — **closed**
- [ ] External CABIN SEAL lever — **INFLATE**

## AFTER ENTERING THE COCKPIT

- [ ] Parachute and harness — **tight and secure**
- [ ] Shoulder harness lock — **as required**
- [ ] Rudder pedals — **as required**
- [ ] Oxygen equipment — **connect and hooked to**
**LEFT CONSOLE chain**
- [ ] Oxygen panel — **check pressure**
- [ ] Emergency lever (RED) — **NORMAL**
- [ ] Diluter demand lever (WHITE) — **NORMAL OXYGEN**
- [ ] Supply lever (GREEN) — **ON**
- [ ] CAB PRESS DUMP valve — **closed (CW)**
- [ ] FIRE COCK LEVER — **OPEN, safety wired**
- [ ] HYD DUMP VALVE lever — **CLOSED safety wired**
- [ ] Throttle position — **idle**
- [ ] Throttle friction — **as required**
- [ ] FUEL SHUT OFF lever — **CLOSED**
- [ ] DE-ICING lever — **OFF**
- [ ] PNEU FILL DE -PRESS — **CLOSED (CW)**
- [ ] ISOLATION VALVE switch — **OFF**
- [ ] AIR START button — **covered, safety wired**
- [ ] FIRE EXT COVER — **safety wired**
- [ ] PITOT BOOM — **RIGHT safety wired**
- [ ] PARACHUTE — **NO DELAY LANYARD ATT**
**INSTRUMENT PANEL**
- [ ] TAXI LIGHT switch — **OFF**
- [ ] LANDING LIGHT switch — **OFF**
- [ ] HP OXYGEN indication — **check min 100 kg's**
- [ ] LDG GEAR buttons — **check out**
- [ ] All instrument readings — **normal**
- [ ] EXT STORES switch — **SAFE, safety wired**
- [ ] EXT TANKS switch — **OFF**
- [ ] Arming switch — **BLANK**
- [ ] RAM AIR shut off lever — **as required**
**RIGHT CONSOLE**
- [ ] Electrical switches — **OFF**
- [ ] EMERG BRAKE lever — **OFF, safety wired**
- [ ] VHF & AVIONICS — **ALL OFF**
- [ ] ICS panel --(avionics--) — **as required**
- [ ] EMERG GEAR EXTENSION valve — **Closed, safety wired**
- [ ] EMERG FLAP EXTENSION valve — **Closed, safety wired**
- [ ] CABIN PRESS/ HEATING — **OFF**
- [ ] CABIN HEAT — **AUTOMATIC**
- [ ] Inverter select switch — **MAIN INV (down)**
- [ ] All C/B's — **ON (in)**
- [ ] Ejection pins — **in sockets**

## BEFORE STARTING ENGINE

- [ ] Helmet — **on**
- [ ] Oxygen hose — **connect**
- [ ] Radio cable — **connect**
- [ ] Oxygen check — **complete**
- [ ] Brake check — **4kg/cm2**
- [ ] Control stick and rudder — **free and correct movement**
- [ ] BATT switch — **ON**
- [ ] VOLT/AM METER check button — **depress, 24v**
- [ ] COMMS switch — **master on**
- [ ] Intercome — **check**
- [ ] External power unit — **connect**
- [ ] APU ON light (green) — **illuminated**
- [ ] VHF radio — **ON**
- [ ] Start up clearance — **request**
- [ ] GEN switch — **ON**
- [ ] ENG switch — **ON**
- [ ] C&W panel — **push to test, all lights**
- [ ] Electrical gear position indicators — **push to test, all red lights illuminated**

## ENGINE START

> **CAUTION:** Be sure that the danger areas are clear before starting.
- [ ] GENERATOR light — **blinking**
- [ ] DO NOT START light — **OUT**
- [ ] GND START button — **depress for 3 sec**
- [ ] Spark plugs igniting — **listen for sparking**
- [ ] Throttle — **idle**
- [ ] FUEL SHUT-OFF lever — **fully OPEN**
- [ ] EGT (APU 700 degrees
BATT 750 degrees) — **keep manually within**
- [ ] Fuel/ oil pressure — **rising limits**
- [ ] Idle RPM — **35% within 60 sec's**
- [ ] APU — **disconnect**
- [ ] Fuel pressure — **12 kg's**
- [ ] Oil pressure — **0.5 kgs**
- [ ] EGT (idle) — **550'c MAX**
- [ ] GENERATOR light — **out**

## FALSE START/ HOT START (ABNORMAL)

> **CAUTION:** Stop the engine immediately if one of the following occurs
> **NOTE:** - no sparking of spark plugs
> **NOTE:** - No oil pressure indication
> **NOTE:** - EGT exceeds 750’c
> **NOTE:** The engine must be stopped if there is;
> **NOTE:** - no RPM rise
> **NOTE:** - Idle RPM 35% is not reached after 60 sec’s
> **NOTE:** - Oil pressure stays below 0.5 kg’s
**To stop the engine**
- [ ] Throttle idle
- [ ] FUEL SHUT OFF lever — **CLOSED**
**In case of fire continue with the following steps;**
- [ ] FIRE COCK lever — **SHUT**
- [ ] FIRE EXT button — **DEPRESS**
- [ ] All electric's switches — **OFF**
- [ ] Aircraft — **Abandon**

## AFTER ENGINE START

- [ ] SEC B switch — **ON**
- [ ] INV switch (PO-250) — **ON**
- [ ] ICS panel — **recheck**
- [ ] VHF/ AVIONICS — **ON**
- [ ] Ext tank switch — **ON**

## ENGINE RUN-UP (first flight of day)

- [ ] Brakes — **apply**
- [ ] Throttle — **idle 35%**
- [ ] EGT — **550’c MAX**
- [ ] Fuel pressure — **12 kg’s**
- [ ] Oil pressure — **0.5 kg’s**
- [ ] Oil temperature — **20’c MIN**
- [ ] Throttle — **52% (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] C+W panel (T-9) — **check**
- [ ] Attitude indicator (horizon) — **Erect**
- [ ] RMI Compass — **synchronise with standby**
- [ ] Fire warning — **check**
- [ ] VOLTS/AMPS — **check 28V**
- [ ] Throttle — **65% (EGT, OP, OT,**
- [ ] Flaps/ stabiliser — **check operation ,FP)**
- [ ] Speed brakes — **check operation**
- [ ] HYD PRESS gage — **check pressure**
- [ ] EXT TANKS light (C+W) — **out**
- [ ] Throttle — **94% (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] ISOLATION VALVE switch — **on (check light)**
- [ ] RPM rise — **1 to 3% RPM**
- [ ] Throttle — **97% (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] Throttle — **100%(EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] EGT — **700'c max**
- [ ] Fuel pressure — **79 kgs max**
- [ ] Oil pressure — **1.8 to 2.5 kg's**
- [ ] Oil temperature — **110'c max**
- [ ] Throttle — **idle (RPM stabilised)**
- [ ] Throttle slam in 2 secs — **12 to 14 sec's**
- [ ] RPM swing — **2% RPM max (5 times)**
- [ ] EGT — **730'c peak**
- [ ] Throttle — **idle**
- [ ] Flight controls — **recheck**
- [ ] Taxi clearance — **request**

## ENGINE RUN UP (subsequent flight)

- [ ] Brakes — **apply**
- [ ] Throttle — **idle 35%**
- [ ] EGT — **550'c max**
- [ ] Fuel pressure — **12 kg's**
- [ ] Oil pressure — **0.5 kg's**
- [ ] Oil temperature — **20'c min**
- [ ] Throttle — **52% (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] C+W panel (T-9) — **check**
- [ ] Attitude indicator — **erect**
- [ ] Compass — **sycronize check standby**
- [ ] Fire warning — **check**
- [ ] VOLTS/ AMPS — **check 28V**
- [ ] Throttle — **65% (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] Flaps/ stabiliser — **check operation (elc+mech**
- [ ] Speed brake — **check operation ind)**
- [ ] HYD PRESS gage — **check pressure**
- [ ] EXT TANKS light (C+W) — **out**
- [ ] Throttle — **idle**
- [ ] Flight controls — **full & free**
- [ ] Taxi clearance — **request**

## BEFORE TAXI

- [ ] Altimeter — **set**
- [ ] Engine instruments — **in green**
- [ ] All safety pins — **removed and stowed**
- [ ] Canopy — **closed**
- [ ] Pressurisation — **as required**

## TAXING

- [ ] Brakes — **apply**
- [ ] Chocks — **removed**
- [ ] Throttle — **80%**
- [ ] Brakes — **release and test**
- [ ] Turn check left/ right — **perform**

## PRE TAKEOFF

- [ ] Trim — **2' rear**
- [ ] Speed brakes — **check in**
- [ ] Flaps — **15' set**
- [ ] Fuel quantity — **check**
- [ ] Engine and flight instruments — **T's & P's check**
- [ ] Oxygen — **check**
- [ ] Canopy — **locked**
- [ ] Harness — **secure**
- [ ] Hydraulic pressure — **check**
- [ ] C+W panel — **check**
- [ ] Flight controls — **full & free**
- [ ] All pins — **removed and stowed**
- [ ] Cockpit pressurisation — **check (both cockpits)**

## TAKEOFF

- [ ] Brakes — **apply**
- [ ] Altimeter — **recheck**
- [ ] Attitude indicator — **reset**
- [ ] Compass — **RWY heading**
- [ ] Radio compass needle — **check direction**
- [ ] Throttle — **90% RPM**
- [ ] Engine instruments — **check**
- [ ] Brakes — **release**
- [ ] Throttle — **100% max power**
- [ ] Nose wheel lift off — **140km/h**
- [ ] Lift off — **180km/h**

## AFTER TAKEOFF

- [ ] LANDING GEAR UP button — **push (min 50ft AGL)**
- [ ] FLAPS 0' button — **push (min 150ft AGL)**
- [ ] Throttle — **97% upon reaching 250**
- [ ] ELEV TRIM lever — **set km/hr**
- [ ] Engine instruments — **check**
- [ ] All warning lights — **out**

## CLIMB

- [ ] 100% RPM max of 6 mins, then reduce to 97%
- [ ] initial climb speed 350 kph
- [ ] CABIN ALT PRESSURE — **CHECK**
- [ ] Oxygen — **check**
- [ ] Engine instruments — **check (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**

## CRUISE

- [ ] Level of maintain CAS or MACH number power about 90%
- [ ] Fuel quantity — **check**
- [ ] Oxygen — **check**
- [ ] Engine instruments — **check (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] Location — **identify**

## DESCENT

> **NOTE:** Normal decent is at 65% AT 300 KPH
- [ ] Fuel quantity — **check**
- [ ] Engine & flight instruments — **check (EGT, OP, OT, FP)**
- [ ] Approach — **request**
- [ ] Altimeter — **set QFE**
- [ ] De-mist — **as required**

## BEFORE LANDING

- [ ] Fuel quantity — **check**
- [ ] All warning lights — **out**
- [ ] Pneumatic & hydraulic gages — **check**

## LANDING

- [ ] Check speed/ distance for particular weight
- [ ] Approach — **300 kph**
**DOWN WIND LEG**
- [ ] Airspeed — **290 kph**
- [ ] LANDING GEAR — **select down**
- [ ] Landing gear — **check indicators**
- [ ] Airspeed — **270 kph**
- [ ] FLAPS 15' button — **select 15'**
- [ ] Flaps indicator — **check**
- [ ] Airspeed — **250 kph**
- [ ] Throttle — **90-94%**
**BASE LEG**
- [ ] Airspeed — **240 kph**
- [ ] Throttle — **80-85%**
- [ ] FLAPS 30' button — **select 30'**
- [ ] Flaps indicator — **check**
- [ ] Airspeed in turn — **220 kph**
**FINAL APPROACH**
- [ ] Landing gear + flaps — **check indicators**
- [ ] Airspeed — **200 kph**
- [ ] Throttle — **as required**

## AFTER TOUCH DOWN

> **NOTE:** Max braking speed 1300 lts 140 kph
> **NOTE:** 1000 lts 145 kph
> **NOTE:** 700 lts 150 kph
> **NOTE:** 400 lts 160 kph

## AFTER LANDING

- [ ] Trim — **neutral**
- [ ] Speed brakes — **in**
- [ ] Pitot heat — **off**
- [ ] Flaps — **up**
- [ ] Pressurisation — **off**

## ENGINE SHUT DOWN

- [ ] Chocks — **in place**
- [ ] Canopies — **open**
- [ ] Ejector seat pins — **install**
- [ ] Throttle — **idle for 30 sec's**
- [ ] FUEL SHUT OFF lever — **closed**
- [ ] SEC B switch — **off**
- [ ] INV switch — **off**
- [ ] Engine run down time — **check min 50 sec's**
**After engine stop**
- [ ] ENG switch — **off**
- [ ] GEN switch — **off**
- [ ] BATT switch — **off**

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NOT FOR FLIGHT — source fidelity: unreviewed | operational review: none | completeness: full  
Source: Aero Vodochody/L-29 Delfin/L29CHECKLIST.txt  
Rights: licensed  
Checklist hash: 968a8e433fff23cd34195bf938db9a4590be5d1337926ff38148d86d02d9a413  
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