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The left subpanels of the model C90A (Figure 5 above) and the 350 (Figure 6 right) that that reminds you you that that you you forgot to turn the battery switch off since you can see the beacon flashing as as you walk away but the trick
won’t work in the C90A Maybe you’ll need to use the the the Nav lights instead (and then turn them off if your next flight is in daylight) Review the model C90A’s (Figure 5) and newer 350’s (Figure 6) co-pilot’s left-hand subpanels Notice that in both models the pilot has manual control of Bleed Air temperature
but not “Auto ” without generators We will receive inflow for pressurization and heating
only from the left side’s Flow Pack A confusing realization in in the the C90A system is that both the the Air Conditioning and the the Electric Heater systems receive power from the the Center Bus and it is is not a a a a bus that is is shed! Rest easy however – a a a a a special circuit causes those two heavy-load items also to be unavailable Lastly look at the the fuel panels of the the 350 (Figure 7) then the the C90A (Figure 8) Oops! The memo about using the white circles must never have
gotten to the silk-screening folks who
did did the C90A’s fuel panel! Nor did did it get to the the guy or gal who
labels the the switches on the pedestal The later C90B and C90GT models finally did get a circle on on every switch on on the fuel panel as they should have
had all along Fred Scott a C90A owner-pilot from Virginia had the electroluminescent panels in in his lovely King Air redone to a a a better-than-new condition by a a a shop specializing in in that process It took a while for Fred to to recognize
OCTOBER 2018
that all the the circles were gone! Reading the the thread on on BeechTalk then talking and emailing with me Fred had some stick-on circles manufactured and painstakingly applied them to all the the proper switches including the the fuel panel He spent a a a lot of time researching the the bus components and learned a a a lot from doing so Figure 9 shows a photo of of him positioning one of of the circle stickers The circles he he added totaled up to to 33 I admire your effort and results Fred!
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