In the 737-800 is the procedure to wait for max motoring before engaging the fuel levers or do pilots do it at 20% n2 instead of waiting.

>In the 737-800 is the procedure to wait for max motoring>before engaging the fuel levers or do pilots do it at 20% n2>instead of waiting.Procedures vary somewhat.Continental specifies a minimum of 20%, and fuel levers should come up at max motoring (n2 acceleration less than 1% in 5 seconds) or 25%, whichever comes first.

Thanks for the reply. I pretty much always fly delta in all of my planes so if anyone knows the dal procedures I would appreciate that. The thing I dont like about having to do max motoring is the engine startup sound isnt long enough to reach max motoring, thus taking away from the realism.

That's one of the compromises of simming, so don't feel bad about lighting them off at 20%.