Solo training in hurricane?

[kingpinda]

Originally Posted by XIII_Tango

It's a different engine in the Mk.II and they do have different methods.

Personally, however, I keep the rads closed just to heat up the engine a bit quicker. I know you're not 'supposed' to but I do it all the same, for speed, hence why I put it there.

The pitch should be coarse really, as it stops the engine trying to pull the aircraft forward while on startup. That's just my logical standpoint.

yeah I don't know if its correct (we are both presumably wrong...) but I do the same thing with radiator to speed things up. I open radiator when I start taxiing. At this point i don't care if its the proper checklist. I just want to be able to get the crate in the air without too much damage :p

I've noticed though that I don't need to use the handpump.

I don't do a full check when i start my car. ie. I don't walk around my car to see if i got a flat or something is falling off etc.


But mate I think we both mean the same thing with the prop pitch :p where I say 100 percent you say 0 percent. Its fully forward. the blades have the LEAST resistant so its not pulling the aircraft. This gives the least amount of stress but more RPM. As soon as i climbed sufficiently with prop "100 percent" I turn it back to 85 percent or so and I see my rpm decrease and stress levels increase.

edit: I guess we don't mean the same. I had to lookup what coarse means :p you might be correct. I don't know. For me the logical thing to do is prop fine. I compare it to gears in a car. You don't start your car in the fourth gear.

Originally Posted by Moggy

Actually I'm a little bit confused about the radiator on the Hurri. The indicator in the cockpit reads closed when I open the radiator and vice versa.

I use the in cockpit reference. If you have put your radiator like I have on an axis it might be that you need to check the reverse checkbox if it gives the opposite reading.