737 Start

[Guest Pilot533]

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.

[Guest tmetzinger]

>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.

[Guest Pilot533]

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.

[Guest tmetzinger]

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