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May 20^th, 2012 at 10:02pm

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I recently got the awesome Ground Support X mod from FSdreamteam, it works great, but it lead to a small problem, it requires me to shutdown my engines for the groundcrew to do their work, but by the time everyone's finished my plane has run out of power, so I can't start my engines or anything, is there any way to call up an APU cart or something to get my engines re-started, or anything to keep my power on?

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Reply #1 - May 20^th, 2012 at 10:46pm

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Which aircraft is this happening to? Have you tried starting/running the APU during, or right after, main engine(s) shutdown.

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Reply #2 - May 20^th, 2012 at 11:02pm

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This happens in just about every plane I fly, how do I start the APU?

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Reply #3 - May 20^th, 2012 at 11:15pm

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If there's not an APU panel on the particular aircraft that's clickable, there's a start command listed on the kneeboard.

If your craft is not APU equipped then you are stuck. Cry

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Reply #4 - May 21^st, 2012 at 2:46am

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ok, I'll keep an eye out for it

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Reply #5 - May 21^st, 2012 at 8:51am

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If your using th default Aircraft, then your pretty much screwed, the APU in the defaults are like nothing. If your using an upgrade (arlots) or a Payware read the manuals

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Reply #6 - May 21^st, 2012 at 11:26am

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It never occurred to me until this, but it may be worth suggesting to FSDT to include a ground power option for their GSX addon. After all, unless it's a quick turn, most airliners are literally plugged in to a power unit on the ground anyways.

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Reply #7 - May 21^st, 2012 at 12:49pm

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Don't fly jets a lot, but doing a little research on this:

Apparently any jet engined aircraft can use the APU function. In Settings>Controls in the 'Systems' catagory make key or button assignments for; APU (off), APU (start) and APU/Generator (toggle).

I experimented with Piglet's MS-760 ga jet, which has no APU gauge configured, and was able recharge or maintain the battery with the APU keys.

There is supposedly an undocumented aircraft.cfg entry which can provide the same APU function to non-jet aircraft.
http://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.php?title=Aircraft.cfg_File_APU_Entry

I was unable to get this to work in FSX SP2. It may be an Accel. function as it was 'found' in the FSX Accel. EH101.

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Reply #8 - May 21^st, 2012 at 2:50pm

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I had the same problem some time ago and after asking for advice on other forums came up with this fix. Just add the line below to the bottom of the [electrical] list in the aircraft.cfg of the aircraft you are using.

electric_always_available=1

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