Start Up problem

[fulcrum_64th]

Hey there,

 

Am a newbie to the A-10c ! Amazing sim. Congratulation ED ! I have a little problem: when starting the A-10c from cold and dark, as I switch on the battery and inverter the failure panel is all illuminated and get an alarm: R eng and L end oil pressure is flashing :(

 

What am I doing wrong ?

 

Best

 

fulcrum

[sobek]

Nothing. Your oil pressure naturally wil be low when your engines aren't running. The system is not catered to not give master warnings during start up. As long as any system changes into a state that is not desireable for normal operation, a master warning may result. So during startup, you will trigger some master warnings. That is perfectly normal. Stick to the checklist and don't mind the occasional warning. Keep familiarising yourself with the system, at some point you will have enough experience to know when a warning is normal or when it means that you are in trouble.

 

Edit: Oh and welcome to the boards. You have no idea what you have gotten into. ;):D

Edited January 12, 2012 by sobek

[superfluid]

Was this a new change in 1.1.1.1? I noticed this as well, and I swear it wasn't happening before I upgraded. At least now I know why it's angrily beeping at me :)

[fulcrum_64th]

Thanks a lot Sobek, indeed I overacted as I didn't see the plane reacting that way in the start up tutorial.

 

Best

[Depth]

Yeah it's new to the 1.1.1.1 patch.

[WarthogSmurf]

fyi you can hit the master caution button to turn the alarm off =)

 

and when you got the apu gen on and engine is starting it goes flashing and beeping again just in case. other then that almost no other warning during start up

[Depth]

Or you can pull the MASTER CAUT fuse and watch all your worries disappear.

[ralfidude]

Left Cntrl and E three times really quick, and watch your problems disappear beneath you!

[Panthro]

@ralfidude *face palm*

 

@fulcrum_64th

after a bit you'll know to flip apu gen 1/2 a sec after you get power from an engine

[slug88]

It's probably intentional that they go off during startup: You get to verify the alarm system in action twice, sounds like something a pilot might appreciate in real life.

[sobek]

It's probably intentional that they go off during startup: You get to verify the alarm system in action twice, sounds like something a pilot might appreciate in real life.

 

There's the lamp test for that.

 

I think it is futile to interpret things into the alarms going off. They are simply doing what they are supposed to do, alert you to parameters going off limits. It would make no sense to make the system more complex by adding a preemptive check whether the AC is being booted up or the failure being the real thing, that would be hard to implement and only another source of failures or mishandling.