Simviation Forum - Engine start/stop

Apr 27^th, 2003 at 9:53pm

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I am new and am wondering if there is a way to start and stop the engines manually? Everytime that I start a flight, the engines are automatically started. Is there anyway that I can click or check something so that I can start my engines when I feel like it? When I land at an airport, and taxi to the gate, is there anyway that I can shut the engines down. Now I know on some planes that you can just hit the main power switch, but most or all of the planes that I have downloaded don't have a main power switch to turn off or on. Any help would be great, so I am a big dork trying to feel like a real pilot.

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Reply #1 - Apr 27^th, 2003 at 10:01pm

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This is a easy one. just hit your fuel lean button.
Mine is set {-} for lean {+} for rich so I don"t
know which is which on yours

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Reply #2 - Apr 27^th, 2003 at 10:06pm

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To restart press {e} becareful and make sure all
the engines are restarted before takeoff
AE- a Lear 45 does not have enough rudder
to take off with one engine
at 100% power

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Reply #3 - Apr 27^th, 2003 at 10:14pm

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I think there's a utility that will do that for you. I just start from a saved flight where I saved after I shut the plane down. Be careful though, I found at least one plane (Cessna Caravan) with an inaccurate startup procedure in the kneeboard checklist. Took me a couple days to figure how to start it. The fuel condition lever must be moved to "Low Idle" before engaging the starter.

I think this is it here:

http://www.simviation.com/fs2002misc8.htm

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Reply #4 - Apr 27^th, 2003 at 10:34pm

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Be careful though, I found at least one plane (Cessna Caravan) with an inaccurate startup procedure in the kneeboard checklist. Took me a couple days to figure how to start it. The fuel condition lever must be moved to "Low Idle" before engaging the starter.

That's interesting....

I never fly the caravan, but I'm pretty certain that in the real aircraft, the condition lever has to be set to high idle for a start.

Any real world pilots know which position is correct?

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Reply #5 - Apr 27^th, 2003 at 11:42pm

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I've never had any problem with starting the caravan...

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Reply #6 - Apr 27^th, 2003 at 11:46pm

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Everytime that I start a flight, the engines are automatically started.

You don't really need to create a new flight every time you want to fly. When you're done with a flight after taxing to the gate, shut everything down and save the flight. Next time you want to fly, load the flight where you last left off Wink

That's what I do, and I rarely have to create a new flight. I just continue where I've left off and do this for weeks on end.

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Reply #7 - Apr 28^th, 2003 at 12:47am

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It could be. I put "Low Idle" in because previously it was set to "Cut Off" before hitting the "Start" switch. I couldn't get it to start that way so I changed the checklist to "Low Idle". It starts now but I have no idea whether that's the actual setting in a Caravan.

If anyone knows please let me know. If it's "High Idle" then I'm buying. Unfortunately where I'm parked at the moment they only serve Vodka. Grin