G'day Paul,As others have said it was most likely the start locks not being engaged that caused your problem. Glad to hear youv'e got her going.Just to mention another catch is if your EGT's are showing above 200 Deg. Try to start with a hot engine & it's BBQ time again :( Watch for this if you have just shut down the engines & want to get going again. You may have to cool them down before start. Easy enough done but expensive if you don't.Have had this bird since Monday night & haven't even flown her yet! Just spent time learning the systems & the engine operations, setting up my hardware etc. This is one cool airplane. I have it parked at Farnborough (where BAe are I believe) where I'm going through my "conversion". Expect to get her into the air & do some upper air work followed by circuits etc before I fly her back to Oz (time permitting) in stages over the coming weeks. There I'll convert her to Brindabella repaint & fly her around in FTX country.Cheers,Ross

Gents :We have been flogging this engine start thing to death. And the reason is that most simmers seem to stick to their own "procedure" for starting an engine rather than what has been posted 1000 times.One more time till Vin posts the video.QUICK_AND_DIRTY_START_GUIDE(1) Props unfeathered(2) Start Locks ON(3) EGT no more than 200C(4) Avionics off(5) Sby pumps ON (actually one at a time)(6) Press STARTEND_OF_QUICK_AND_DIRTY_GUIDEQUICK_AND_DIRTY_LOCKS_ON_GUIDE(1) Unfeather prop (from switch)(2) As soon as prop is unfeathered (check tooltip on condition levers or outside view) press F2 until your finger hurts (never mind half measures here we are cooking engines)(3) Press F1 to return power levers to beta idleEND_OF_QUICK_AND_DIRTY_LOCKS_ON_GUIDEPlease follow this simple checklist (if you observe the cockpit flow is from pedestal up in an almsot straight arrow ) and I promise you will never ever have a problem with an engine on start.Vangelis

Thanks guys for all the help... l`m on my way around the world with this aircraft.. wish me luck heheheRegardsPaul

Like Rick mentioned, that's almost certainly a feather issue. I have had that happen to me as well, the props start turning but don't actually ignite and they just keep on rotating and you might even see some black smoke occasionally. Make sure you unfeather the props using the switch below the power levers.This is realism at its best!

I have made it a habit that just before Im ready to hit the start button on each engine, I click the the un-feather switch (for the engine being started) and have had no BBQ's since! Probably not procedurial but it works! after spending sooooo much time in a 737 sim it is defenately a different world with a turbo prop. especially a geared on like the Garret! Little lessons like these are how we become more respectfull to the different types of powerplants. This weekend when I'm at CYVR watchin planes, I will look at those little t-prop commuters in whole different way! And I thank PMDG for opening my eyes to a whole new kind of flying :(