Mixture axis : Often the culprit of engine stopping

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Mixture axis : Often the culprit of engine stopping

You use a jet aircraft, and you have made all the throttle configurations such as :

- Axes assignments in the simulator or the external utility (SpadNext, AAO, FSUIPC, etc.)
- Addon-specific configurations (EFB, Setup program, etc.)
- Sensitivity & response curves adjustment

- Reversers management setup.

 

But despite all this, one  (or more) engine don’t start or stops immediately.
This can be due to a remaining Mixture binding in the simulator.

When using throttle quadrant with multiple levers, there is great chance
that some of the default assignments include Mixture management.
Mixture is only used for piston engine aircraft, not jets.

However, internally, some simulators or addons use the piston engines mixture function to manage the jets cut-off.

This means that if some lever of your throttle quadrant remain assigned to Mixture functions,
you may have uncommanded cut-off action of one or more engine.

In this case, you need to unbind any Mixture function, usually MIXTURE AXIS.

Simply make a search on "Mixture" in the Controls setup on the simulator and unbind any axis or button you could find.
Don’t forget to save the settings and reload the aircraft.

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