PositionandHold
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Be generous with the runway use on the C310. I knew a guy who thought the 310 so powerful, he stood a couple thousand feet down the runway from a departing 310, mooning the pilot, he nearly got a nose wheel up his crack.
It will accelerate, but it has a relatively high rotation speed, hence the runway consumption.
The 402's are easy to fly and great handling airplanes. If its an A or B model make the the gear preflight is thorough. Learn how to do the hot-start procedure also-it takes 3 hands to do it well.
how about making sure you have enough fuel,
I love 310s. I think that they are a great stepping stone for something much bigger becuase of the philosophy of operating it: Get down early, slow down early, carry power, etc. It just forces you to be way out ahead of the airplane and that's one of the hardest disciplines to teach.
Enjoy.
[/b]4) With the tip-tanked types, if you walk up to the plane to check the fuel and find an aux tank overflowing and the main down a bit (assuming it was topped-off after the last flight), don;t necessarily jump on the line guys. You might have a fuel selector going bad. There are little o-rings in there that can fail and will let the fuel from the main (which sits above the aux) flow down back through the line and into the aux.
Thinks for the tips guys currently working on Comm/Multi in a C-310R.
In flight use drag to slow you down, not a lot of pwer reductions. Lead a speed reduction(assuming you're setting up to land) with the landing lights. Depending on the model they'll shave off 5-10 kts and get you closer to flap speeds. Then as you get in the initial flap range just sort of sneak them out. If you go to the first 10 degrees(if memory serves) the thing will balloon like crazy.