How to start a Boeing 737 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: System Error Message
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 02:11:16 pm
content: Play IL-2 on realistic settings, you have to start the engines one at a time and make sure that each engine is running fine before you start up the next one. It only takes a few minutes for the engines to all be running fine on a many engine aircraft but its more of the checklist and procedures that arent related to the engine as shown in the video such as GPS, flight path and calculations, testing and all that stuff and finally the que to use the runway and air traffic control.

author: Buriedcode
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 05:25:24 pm
content: Quote from: System Error Message on July 27, 2016, 02:11:16 pmDear god I loved that game.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 07:46:53 pm
content: Turn on battery. Turn on LP fuel valve. Turn on HP fuel valve. Make sure throttle is in idle position. Press and hold start button for 8 seconds, and you will have ignition, and a running engine. Check your pressures are correct, and the EGT is rising smoothly to operation range, along with the hydraulic temperatures. Make sure you turn the AC on, not for you, but for the electronics.Interesting fact is the HP and LP fuel valves are motorised valves, they need power to change position. Thus, if you turn the battery off, the engine will not shut down, although most of the instrumentation supplied with battery power will go off. The AC powered stuff will still be on.

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 08:44:45 pm
content: Aw poo I was hoping it would be a real plane.

author: Kilrah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 09:47:14 pm
content: There's one for an A320 that is at least in a full size simulator somewhere

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 10:03:07 pm
content: Where is the key switch?

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2016, 10:06:24 pm
content: Bah, real engines are crotchey like an old man in the morning, stubborn like a mule, and have cylinders...

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 04:53:50 am
content: Quote from: Kilrah on July 27, 2016, 09:47:14 pmPerhaps, this one?(it was listed among other suggestions for the video in the OP)

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 06:28:00 am
content: Quote from: bitwelder on July 28, 2016, 04:53:50 amThis one was funGreat linksthanks

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 07:00:37 am
content: Damn I love those illuminated switches! Why can't someone design domestic light switches like that? There is something satisfying about an aircraft cockpit, more switches and dials you can poke a stick at!

author: rollatorwieltje
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 07:31:23 am
content: Quote from: sleemanj on July 27, 2016, 10:06:24 pmOnly one thing better than a radial engine, and that is having 4 of them.

author: firehopper
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 08:21:44 am
content: how about hand propping?

author: Kilrah
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 08:38:03 am
content: Quote from: bitwelder on July 28, 2016, 04:53:50 amYep exactlyQuote from: rollatorwieltje on July 28, 2016, 07:31:23 am

author: rollatorwieltje
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 08:58:31 am
content: Quote from: firehopper on July 28, 2016, 08:21:44 amSuch amazing death traps.Only the French could come up with an engine like that. Let's make an engine where the block itself spins instead of the crankshaft. "But Pierre, now throttle is difficult, what now?" Well, just interrupt the ignition, so the engine can be off, half power or full power. "But Pierre, now it will spray unignited fuel and oil out of the exhausts?" Yes, give the pilot some goggles and a scarf to use as a wipe. "But Pierre, this spinning mass makes the plane difficult to handle?" Aha, you can use the instant flipping tendecy to quickly engage enemies!

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2016, 06:55:49 pm
content: Quote from: firehopper on July 28, 2016, 08:21:44 amIs that from where I think it's from, the Golden Age Air Museum at Grimes Field? That looks like the DR.1 replica they built.