Hello. Does anyone have a checklist that you are proud of and would like to share? To this date i haven't found my checklist happiness.
Thanks.
Thanks for those who replied.
Once you get yours refined down to what works for you, maybe you can post that so others can work theirs up from these suggestions. Mine is always a work in progress!
FYI -- If you search for POH you'll find threads for each RV model.
If you want a good checklist that works for you, just write your own; find an example that’s close to what you want, then open a word/doc program and modify it accordingly to fit how you operate.
And honestly, the RV-9 checklist posted above is not a good example to use, no offense Cth6… it’s too long and too detailed; it looks like more of a “do list” than a checklist. My day job B737 checklist is shorter than that. Know your ship, know your basic pilot stuff and come up with a “flow” to get things done, then follow up with a short, basic checklist to check the killer items. Having every detail of starting the engine printed on the list is overkill, you should know how to start the engine or do a run up by now… and with all that extra fluff, pretty soon you’ll gloss over most of it, and then what’s the point of having that overly detailed checklist anyway?
If you want a good checklist that works for you, just write your own; find an example that’s close to what you want, then open a word/doc program and modify it accordingly to fit how you operate.
And honestly, the RV-9 checklist posted above is not a good example to use, no offense Cth6… it’s too long and too detailed; it looks like more of a “do list” than a checklist. My day job B737 checklist is shorter than that. Know your ship, know your basic pilot stuff and come up with a “flow” to get things done, then follow up with a short, basic checklist to check the killer items. Having every detail of starting the engine printed on the list is overkill, you should know how to start the engine or do a run up by now… and with all that extra fluff, pretty soon you’ll gloss over most of it, and then what’s the point of having that overly detailed checklist anyway?
I would like to offer that this statement depends on your situation. If you are only flying 1 aircraft all the time then you should be familiar and not need really detailed checklists. But checklists are there to remind you about things you may have forgotten.
If you fly multiple aircraft or are a fairly low time pilot....