Rabies Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 I was on a server today and decided to take off from a mountain FARP. Outside temperature was -25c at an elevation of 9800 feet. I connected to ground power, turned on engine anti-ice, powered up the APU and waited for a few minutes. Engine spool up was really slow and only cranked to about 1700rpm, opened the fuel valve, but it did not ignite. I tried multiple ways, including not turning on de-icing, but to no avail. Is the elevation and temperature enough to inhibit an engine start, or am I missing something?
Sh4rk Posted April 30, 2021 Posted April 30, 2021 Turn on the fuel pump, open the valve, and make sure throttle is IDLE and collective is fully lowered before cranking. You may have broken / bugged the engine by skipping one of those.
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