Ironmaid91 1 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Is there a reason that I'm not able to start the Left engine while the APU is running? I have watched "The Dude"'s tutorials several times now (and tried to get trough most of the manuals), and I think I got the procedures right. But I'm not able to start Left Engine as long as the APU is running. Somebody know about something to check for (something I've done wrong..) ? Thanks for all help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorrack 5 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Do you have a screenshot of the overhead and one of the pedestal panel to show us? Can you check if you have assigned “mixture,mixture 1,2 “ somewhere on your controller bindings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmaid91 1 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, gorrack said: Do you have a screenshot of the overhead and one of the pedestal panel to show us? Can you check if you have assigned “mixture,mixture 1,2 “ somewhere on your controller bindings? Don't have any photos to show at the moment. I had mixture 1 and 2 assigned, but removed them due to a bug in the sim - shutting down my engins if i presse the esc key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 12, 2021 Aerosoft Share Posted April 12, 2021 We have indeed seen this problem a few times but it was always solved by making sure assignments did not cause problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transair 22 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Hi I experienced this for the first time yesterday. Have flown the CRJ for several hours with cold and dark start-ups usually. Yesterday, APU OK, RH Engine started normally, but not possible to start LH engine. I did (in frustration) push the 'stop' button on the o/verhead and 'played with' the throttle unlock, and the Start button did light up temporarily, but no start. No screen shots of this unfortunately but I will should it happen next time. PS I don't believe control bindings are impacting. I have a dedicated CRJ Honeycomb Bravo configuration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 13, 2021 Aerosoft Share Posted April 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Transair said: PS I don't believe control bindings are impacting. I have a dedicated CRJ Honeycomb Bravo configuration Okay I can only say that every we seen this issue is was a binding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironmaid91 1 Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 12:13 PM, Mathijs Kok said: Okay I can only say that every we seen this issue is was a binding. Well, I don't think this is a binding problem. I usually fly the CRJ550, and there I'm not able to start the left Engine while the APU is running. But yesterday I tested in the CRJ 700, and there I was able to start the left Engine while the APU was running. I have done nothing with my key bindings. (I have done the exact same checklist in both of the planes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 14, 2021 Aerosoft Share Posted April 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Ironmaid91 said: Well, I don't think this is a binding problem. I usually fly the CRJ550, and there I'm not able to start the left Engine while the APU is running. But yesterday I tested in the CRJ 700, and there I was able to start the left Engine while the APU was running. I have done nothing with my key bindings. (I have done the exact same checklist in both of the planes) But the systems are 100% the same for the 550 and 700 Ironmaid. Absolutely no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Vitalini 57 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Could well be a bindings-issues, please check it, i had the problem that the engines turned off cause i had mixture set to one of the throttle axis. So i created a specific CRJ Profile for the Saitek-throttle in MSFS to be sure to not cut Mixture accidently while flying. When im flying C172 i just switch the profile back to my default one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 15, 2021 Aerosoft Share Posted April 15, 2021 In all of these cases it was indeed a binding issue or another add-ons that was not too well build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transair 22 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Mathijs If I experience this on next CRJ flight, what pictures would you like to see to assist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 17, 2021 Aerosoft Share Posted April 17, 2021 Well most of all I would like you to check all your bindings are okay as it is very likely the issue is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transair 22 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 OK...I have done that and I think OK. It happened today. The APU was on. Started Nbr1 first and couldn't start Nbr2. However, I switched the APU off and nbr2 was then a normal start. Is that practice to switch off the APU with 1 engine started? If so, great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaxterium 119 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 13 hours ago, Transair said: OK...I have done that and I think OK. It happened today. The APU was on. Started Nbr1 first and couldn't start Nbr2. However, I switched the APU off and nbr2 was then a normal start. Is that practice to switch off the APU with 1 engine started? If so, great... No we don't normally shut down the APU after starting only one engine. We use the APU to start both engines. If the APU is not working (I'm talking real world here) then we use a ground cart (which is actually included in the Aerosoft EFB) to start the right engine and then we use the right engine to start the left engine. We call this a cross-bleed start. But again this isn't done when the APU is running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 18, 2021 Aerosoft Share Posted April 18, 2021 14 hours ago, Transair said: OK...I have done that and I think OK. It happened today. The APU was on. Started Nbr1 first and couldn't start Nbr2. However, I switched the APU off and nbr2 was then a normal start. Is that practice to switch off the APU with 1 engine started? If so, great... Why would you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transair 22 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 thanks to both. Yes I agree with Ground power starts and cross bleeds to start 1 off the other - aware of that. I just tried what I could at the time. Maybe coincidence rather than a strategy. I re-installed the CRJ yesterday and got normal starts from the APU so perhaps a glitch somewhere....all OK now at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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