I have a strange problem whereby I cannot successfully start engine 1.Here's what I've been doing...I check that the prop is on the start locks, the condition levers are at 'taxi' and that the power levers are at 'ground/start'. I select the start master to 'left' and press the start switch. The engine rotates, I get fuel flow followed by light-off and the RPM starts to accelerate. At 60% RPM I get starter cut-out, the start master flicks back to 'air'. Then, for some reason I cannot work out, the engine immediately shuts down! Where am I going wrong?Many thanks for your help.Martin Neep

Do you have the standby fuel pumps on?

And don't forget to use default trike or Cessna! :)

Yes, fuel pumps are ON. Now I'm confused, what do you mean use the default trike or cessna?Martin Neep

Hi means have the cessna or trike as ur aircraft when u load up fsx up, not ur pmdg aircraft or any other pay ware aircraft this mite cause some problems

He means that you can "load" the PMDG with the load manager as normal...But when you start your flight:1) select your airport & gate2) select the FSX stock Cessna3) choose your weather4) start flight5) once your flight is loaded (you are at the gate in your Cessna), switch off the engine, battery, avionics6) go to FSX menu and go to "select aircraft"7) choose the PMDG 747 that you want to use for this flight8) go to your load manager, select fuel/cargo/PAX, "Send to FSX"9) all done, you can now use the 747 as normal.

Substitute '747' with 'J41'.

It could be your props are not feathered. Before you start your engines, put the power levers into full reverse and then set the unfeather switch (just under the power levers) to left, then right. Wait about 20 seconds then put your power lever back to idle ready to start. See how that goes!

I've found the problem, albeit rather strange.I had 1 & 2 GEN switches in the ON position. Turning them both OFF seems to have solved the problem. Why this would cause the engine to shut down at starter cut-out, I haven't been able to find in the manual. Can anyone shed any light?Kind Regards,Martin Neep