aircraft start "cold not dark" option

[twistking]

I would appreciate another start option for aircraft "cold not dark" in which the aircraft starts with the engines off, but either with ground power or APU running and INS already aligned. This could be used to simulate scrambling, "ready 5" or similar high alert conditions, or simply be a compromise between "cold & dark" and hot start. For piston engine aircraft this could mean that the engine is off, but warmed up. On carriers this could start the aircraft on the catapult etc.
Would probably mean slightly different settings for each aircraft and setting, but in all cases would allow a faster "cold start" option.
Of course this would be (behold the magic word): Optional!

 

Edited January 25, 2024 by twistking

[Gunfreak]

Yeah it's particularly annoying in warbirds. Ground crew would start the fighters 15+ minute before the pilots came out. Usually the plane would be running, and fuel would be topped off before they took off(naturally this would be simulated with having warbirds in hotstart but for some reasons multiplayer servers and campaign makers wants us to start the aircraft ourselves.

I get it's fun to start the warbirds like the real thing. But it's not necessarily historically correct.

So at minimum it would be nice to have hot and dark option.

[Dr_Pavelheer]

It would be particularly useful for Ka-50, full INS alignment is ridiculously long while the short one drifts very quickly