Gr00v3r Posted February 16, 2016 Posted February 16, 2016 What is the Ignition setting for, on the engine operation switches? The settings are NORM, Motor & Ignition... I thought initially it was for engine starting such as on other jets where you spool the engine up before introducing fuel with the throttle. I also thought it may be for flying into cloud or visible moisture to prevent engine flameout etc... Anyone have an idea?? :huh: Intel i7 4790K, 16GB DDR3 1600, GIGABYTE GTX 970G1, Win 7 x64, X-55 HOTAS :bye_2:
strikeeagle Posted February 16, 2016 Posted February 16, 2016 What is the Ignition setting for, on the engine operation switches? The settings are NORM, Motor & Ignition... I thought initially it was for engine starting such as on other jets where you spool the engine up before introducing fuel with the throttle. I also thought it may be for flying into cloud or visible moisture to prevent engine flameout etc... Anyone have an idea?? :huh: Igniter plugs. IGN is continuous ignition. MOTOR is for dry motoring the engine; no power to the igniters. NORM provides power to the igniter during normal start and removes it after start. Just keep it in NORM. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Chris
Luzifer Posted February 16, 2016 Posted February 16, 2016 IGN is a momentary switch position (i.e. it needs to be held there and will revert to NORM when let go). It's for windmill restart of the engine in air. Engine start is fully automatic and does not need anything more than moving the throttle from off to idle.
Mad Dog 7.62 Posted February 17, 2016 Posted February 17, 2016 You would use motor to clear the engine after a failed start attempt. IGN is to restart the engine in the air. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Gigabyte GA97XSLI Core i7 4790 @ 4.0 Ghz MSI GTX 1080ti 32 Mb RAM DDR3-2133 512GB SSD for DCS HP Reverb VR HMD Thrustmaster Warthog & MFG Crosswind
Snoopy Posted February 17, 2016 Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) You only need to use IGN for a windmill restart. Edited February 17, 2016 by Snoopy v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
QuiGon Posted February 17, 2016 Posted February 17, 2016 You don't need to use IGN for a windmill restart. So would is it used for then? I also thought it's purpose is in-air engine start. Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing!
Snoopy Posted February 17, 2016 Posted February 17, 2016 So would is it used for then? I also thought it's purpose is in-air engine start. It should have said "only" v303d Fighter Group Discord | Virtual 303d Fighter Group Website
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