![]() ![]() (My note: What's happening is that the prop needs to gather some inertia sufficient to crank the engine over when it's "meshed".)Įngine Mesh. ![]() This is equal to approximately 3 -4 seconds of energising before You should count “15 blades” at least, before meshing the engine. ON (My note: THIS is when blades start turning)Īs the ENERGISE SWITCH is thrown, the propeller will begin to turn - slowly at first and then gathering speed. BOTH (My note: mag to "Both" HERE, before "energizing" and blades start turning)Įngine Starter (energise). Here's a copy/paste of the start procedure in the C-47 manual I have, with my comments: But the mag needs to be on so the engine will fire when the turning prop is "meshed" with the engine coupling mechanism and the enging starts to turn. The version I have says to set the mag for the engine being started to the BOTH position before even switching the energize switch on.īe aware that during that "15 blade" time period, the engine's not turning, only the props. Maybe we're reading from different "manuals". The "manual" I'm reading does NOT say that about the mags. Also their own documentation says to wait 15 blades before switching the magnetos. I’ll try it both ways though I’m not sure that’s the correct procedure. Clicking/holding mesh also causes the "energize" switch to return to its center position autonomously. I can't swear to that, because now I can't find it anywhere, but I'm doing it anyway, and engines are starting. One other thing is that I seem to recall seeing somewhere, can't find it now, that when you click the "mesh" switch, you need to click and hold it till the engine starts. On the lack of ignition, you're switching the mag to both BEFORE you switch "energize" and then "mesh", right? It needs to be on prior to the engine start sequence. Finally got that bad boy stopped, but what a ride! □ Engine started, and that "cracked" throttle was enough to get the plane rolling across the airport, dragging the ladder, GPU, and fire extinguishers along with it. It sure did a few minutes ago when I tried starting without setting parking brake. That seems to satisfy their "starting code". I usually set mine (CH Throttle Quadrant) with the lever moved up about an inch from the bottom. Yeah, you do need to adjust them manually prior to engine start. My issue is there is no ignition whatsoever when the magnetos are switched to both no matter what I’ve tried in 1.1. Yeah the only thing that gets me sometimes is I may have my throttles cracked but in the sim they default to closed so I have to move them slightly to get them in the cracked position.Įven in that case what happens is it tries to start (Propellers increase rpm) but then suddenly stops due to the throttle not being cracked. ![]()
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