Need assistance with Mission 13 external power procedures

[dporter22]

The guidance says to start, then request external power, but shut down engines before requesting external power. I'm confused.

What exactly am I supposed to do? 

[Nix Mills]

On 7/5/2025 at 5:47 AM, dporter22 said:

The guidance says to start, then request external power, but shut down engines before requesting external power. I'm confused.

What exactly am I supposed to do? 

The external power is a bit tricky the first couple of times. If the kneeboard checklist is not enough, I suggest finding a YouTube video that shows you how. That might be a bit easier than trying to walk you through it here.

[Kurnass1977]

Il 04/07/2025 at 21:47, dporter22 ha scritto:

The guidance says to start, then request external power, but shut down engines before requesting external power. I'm confused.

What exactly am I supposed to do? 

Any luck with this mission?

At my second attempt and only improved from a poor 74 to 76...

[Kurnass1977]

Ok, just finished my third attempt and scored 100

[dporter22]

How did you connect external power?

 

[Kurnass1977]

Ok this is the procedure.

Spoiler

As per instruction start the plane and complete the checklist likr for a normal mission ( follow the Special procedure om the kneeboard). At this point call via F10 menu ground crew and order to connect the external power and shuydown the engines; when done follow again the kneeboard for After Engines Shot Down, and thst's all

 

[dporter22]

Ok, thanks. Doesn't make sense to start the engines, connect external power, then shut down the engines but ok.

[Nix Mills]

You start up the engines to run all your checks. When all that is done, you shut down the engines again so as not to sit and burn fuel in the parking area. All your instruments will stay powered on by the external power. 

[dporter22]

Must be a Navy thing. We never did that in the Air Force. If you have external power connected there's no need to start the engines and then shut them down.

[L4key]

I can’t manually start/shut down the jet so am I a bit screwed for this mission?