hypermav Posted Friday at 09:15 PM Posted Friday at 09:15 PM Evening all. After several years away from the A10C,I have decided to try and get back into it again -and almost immediately I have run into issues with the start up procedure. The first thing I notice is that I can no longer undertake the "test" check of either Oxy or Fuel (no alarm or quantity needle swing). Also, AC GEN PWR is aways in the ON position(previously these had to be selected). Finally, when going to APU START the needle will go no further than 60% before winding down. I have tried both internal and external power ups, but the result is the same. Am I missing a step in the start procedure or do I have gremlin in the system? If you can assist, please bear in mind that I am not terribly PC/Sim au fait. Thanks in anticipation.
ASAP Posted Friday at 09:48 PM Posted Friday at 09:48 PM A track file would help. The generators and fuel pump switches are generally left in the on position and that is where they are when the pilot gets in the jet. They updated the game to reflect real world procedures based on subject matter expert input (except when you get that crew-chief that insists on everything being "Off, safe, normal"). As for your startup issue... battery on, inverter on, test your lamps, start the APU. if you are doing all those things and its not working I'd start turning off add ons and make sure you load a default mission to make sure its not something up with the mission you're trying to run. 1
Yurgon Posted Friday at 10:13 PM Posted Friday at 10:13 PM 52 minutes ago, hypermav said: The first thing I notice is that I can no longer undertake the "test" check of either Oxy or Fuel (no alarm or quantity needle swing). The beeping that comes with the master caution was removed a long, long time ago based on SME feedback. It's only audible when the landing gear is in transition or during the signal lights lamp test. Any other case, don't expect any audible feedback for any caution light or the master caution. Other than that, I run these tests all the time and haven't noticed anything wrong with them. The APU spooling down could be caused by a bunch of things, chief among them a throttle in idle where the APU will try to start the engine before it's spooled up itself, possibly resulting in a spool up/spool down cycle. Or the jet has absolutely no fuel whatsoever, leading to APU shutdown. Like ASAP said, a track would be a great help. Barring that, a video or a detailed explanation of the switches you actuate, very specifically in which order, would allow us to check if there are steps missing. Which mission do you use (Instant Action, Campaign, self-built)? What's the environment like (super hot, super cold, extremely windy etc)?
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