How To Engine Start Up

[F19_Deathlok]

Those three works but what about the Hurricane? Have anyone actually been able to ramp start that one? I've tried but no success...

[Jimbosmith]

yep, i have i intend to make a video should be up sometime tomorrow. Im just about to go out

[JG53Frankyboy]

Originally Posted by F19_Deathlok

Those three works but what about the Hurricane? Have anyone actually been able to ramp start that one? I've tried but no success...

i just can repeart myself from another topic:
"in general use LEAN mixture and IDLE throttle in all planes.
Than , in the most you have to activate the fuel first, yes. Excetions so far are :Bf110, G.50 and Br.20 IIRC.
the easiest wuld be to map a key on that function not to have to search the cockpit with your mouse....

in the Spits, Hurris, FIATs and Blenheim to wait till the engine gets some temperature before giving more throttle and mixture is very important, otherwise your engine i quits..

and now something special: the Br20 and Blenheim you have to activate carburetor preheating too , OH YES
map it too a key is my best advice

you dant have to activate the magnetos manually, the "start button" (on whatever key you have it, i strg+I ) is activating them


i have only ONE big proplem: in the Ju88, He111s and Bleheim i am only able to start the left engine !! right engine dont start. Any ideas ??"

[bando]

Thanks a LOT mate. Especially the moth, I just could not get it to start. I'll be able to follow your instructions and try again. Thanks again for doing this.

Bando

[akodonnell]

can't get the blenheim to start. anyone have tips?

[JG53Frankyboy]

Originally Posted by akodonnell

can't get the blenheim to start. anyone have tips?

carburetor preheating

[tf_neuro]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

i have only ONE big proplem: in the Ju88, He111s and Bleheim i am only able to start the left engine !! right engine dont start. Any ideas ??"

I can start both, no problem.
Only problem I can think about is not doing the selection thing right.

Personally, I do it like this (and it works on all planes)
- Select both engines and set everything as it should except for mixture and throttle, both to idle.
- unselect all engines
- select one engine, set mix and throttle on that one engine, start.
- unselect all engines
- select the other engine, repeat procedure as before
- unselect all engines
- select all engines

This procedure has worked on all planes so far. Settings may change between different models but the select/unselect procedure is the same.

[JG53Frankyboy]

Thx, the proplem was solved already
I forgott to map the fuel "opening" for the right engine....
I was lost in the german translation of the keycommands, it is horrible!
And i try to avoid this mouseklicking in the cockpits.

[2GFlea]

I have some checklists derived from the actual Pilot's Notes and Handbuchs posted in this thread. Take a look and let me know what you think. They are in MS Excel format. Since I don't have the game yet (dang US release) I don't know if the start procedures carry over from real life to the sim. If someone could try them out, I would be most appreciative.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...eets_for_.html

[spp]

I can start the Spitfire and take off, but having real trouble with the BF 109. Following the video posted in the original post, the engine starts, but when I open the throttle fully, the aircraft just moves at taxi speed. The engine revs never really build up, as if the extra fuel going in the engine isn't being burnt?

EDIT: Sorted, wasn't changing the prop pitch enough.