Takeoff from ramp AH-64D at St Catherine broken

[Coolhand101e]

Hello,

Today, I decided to learn how to takeoff from ramp in the AH-64D. I guess I chose the wrong airfield to do it, because all my attempts at St Catherine failed. I hear a hydrolic failure message after turning on APU. Do all the necessary steps that follow, and when I get to the starter switch for Engine 1, nothing happens. I then tried the same procedure on Caucasus map, works fine, helicopter starts no problem. I went back to Sinai map, at Ramon airfield. It started no problem. I tested various parkings at St Catherine, they all failed. I tried, takeoff from ground near parking spots, it failed. I even tried takeoff from ground just outside the airfield circle, it failed. It also failed at the helipad to the West of St Catherine. If I make the AH-64D available as start from parking HOT at St Catherine, it works though. I just seem to have picked the absolute worst place to start learning to do a cold start today!!

Maybe the Southern part of the Sinai map is still pretty much a work in progress (weird things happen there )... Too bad, because it has some of the most interesting terrain to fly in.

[Minsky]

1 hour ago, Coolhand101e said:

Maybe the Southern part of the Sinai map is still pretty much a work in progress

It's not the location, but altitude.

 

[Coolhand101e]

OK,

I guess this "elevation/altitude related" inability to start engines must be AH-64D specific, because I also tried to cold start the Huey at St Catherine and it worked. I will check at various altitudes and locations with it though. Interesting. Thanks for the reply.