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F18 Engine Start up question
chupaflier:
Mistake on second line, I meant to say off.
setting somewhere in the configuration to make them be OFF when the game
SUBS17:
--- Quote from: wb5okj on January 25, 2008, 04:04:34 am ---First switch the battery and both alternator switches on. Turn on APU wait for green light to light, then switch the engine crank to the left when rpm is 66 % switch engine crank switch to left. When rpm is at 66% turn APU and engine crank switch off.
This may not be the exact sequence in real life, but it will get your engines started. 8)
Donald E. Donovan
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Theres one button missing here thats required to start and thats the Fuel shutoff(CNTRL SHT F4) button does anyone know if this button is modeled and where its located? Also in the shutdown check list what button is it refering to for:
Avionics equipment
DDI, HI MPCD and HUD?
Scoutdriver:
--- Quote from: SUBS17 on January 29, 2008, 03:59:16 am ---
--- Quote from: wb5okj on January 25, 2008, 04:04:34 am ---First switch the battery and both alternator switches on. Turn on APU wait for green light to light, then switch the engine crank to the left when rpm is 66 % switch engine crank switch to left. When rpm is at 66% turn APU and engine crank switch off.
This may not be the exact sequence in real life, but it will get your engines started. 8)
Donald E. Donovan
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Theres one button missing here thats required to start and thats the Fuel shutoff(CNTRL SHT F4) button does anyone know if this button is modeled and where its located? Also in the shutdown check list what button is it refering to for:
Avionics equipment
DDI, HI MPCD and HUD?
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Neither the fuel shutoff or the master avionics switch is modeled. I believe the fuel shutoff (Ctrl Shft F4) is labeled as "full rich" in the keymappings. I remapped it to R. The master avionics is also in the keymappings. I set mine to V. As far as starting the flight with the engines off, it can be done. It's called "cold and dark." I had to download a file from another sim website. Once you install you can load the "cold and dark" file from the free flight saved flights. Once loaded, just change your aircraft, location, etc. and then re-save if need be. Be advised your Master Caution will be illuminated. This is because you are low on fuel (even though the fuel gauge shows around 7500). I'd recommend loading near a fueling point. Here are a couple of links to get that file.
http://www.highflightsimulations.com/musthavefiles.html
http://www.simviation.com/fsxmisc1.htm
Great Ozzie:
According to the NATOPS for the SuperHornet (which I am assuming is same for Hornet... wow 2 assumptions already! :o) Moving the throttles from OFF to IDLE opens the engine fuel control shutoff valves. So apparently this is not modelled (along with a few other things in the NATOPS checklist).
LOL, I loved ur crack Islandjet about Ctrl+E. And I agree! I mean if the start-up procedure mimicked what was in the NATOPS (including possible "emergencies" like hot starts and such) and required one to monitor the ENG page... sure I might consistently use the checklist startup procedure. For now I leave it to the crew-chief (ctrl+e) :-P
Btw, I DO NOT imply any criticism here toward the Developer! I am absolutely "enthralled and enraptured" with Carrier Ops and this bird. Not since Falcon 3.0 have I had so much fun with a military aircraft! Thanks alot for the work that went into this. (hehe when u kick left or right rudder you can see the pilot turn his head! and you can see his arms move the stick and throttle too!)
Rob O.
wb5okj:
You don't need any special file to start "Cold and Dark". Simply set up your cockpit the way you want it, and where you want it, then save that flight, checking the make this the default flight check box, located to the lower left of the save box. I find the easiest way to do this is first load a plane I am familiar with, set it up the way you want your startup cockpit then switch to the FA18 cockpit. To save it hit the semicolon, ";", button, the save box comes up name it StartUp Flight for example, check the Make This the Default Flight button and you are set with a cold and dark cockpit the next time you start the simulator!!
Donald E. Donovan
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