Originally Posted by
Abbey2
I have time in many twins but no C402. Closest to it is the P58 Baron which has electric driven cowl flaps. Question,does the C402 have electric driven cowl flaps or are they manual? Also is there a cool down time (like the Baron is 4 min) before shutting the engines down? I plan to start flying a 402 soon and just trying to get a heads up on some items. Thanks.
Manual cowl flaps. Stage cooling in descent will be very beneficial to engine life. I usually taxiied in at idle and let them run for about a min before shutdown. I also stage cooled consistently and never had any problems. Ice on the other hand......
Not a happy airplane in ice!