alan CXA651 wrote: ↑21 Oct 2016, 16:59 Hi Pete.
Glad you are back flying again, the cold dark set up for this aircraft is wrong slightly , the geardoors and flaps should be down and hyd press dumped , but handle should then be pushed in again, ready for next flight , but this handle is always out in cold dark set up, and you have to push it in as part of your pre flight checks, in order to get the hyd press , else you never get gear and flaps up.
Regards alan.
Fairing door release handle is normally left pulled out and not reset after shutdown. Parked, especially if on a hot asphalt ramp somewhere you want all the hydraulic pressure off the internal lines to prevent leaks if the fluid expands against the line connection joints. Pushing the handle in is part of the preflight internal procedure before the next engine start.