Great tutorial Kurt! Thank you!

How to start from cold and dark?

 

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Awesome tutorial Kurt . . . . just what I have been looking for . . . flew the PMDG JS41 . . . but mostly the PMDG NGX now . . . needed this tutorial to knock the dust off my turbo prop ops . . .

 

Joe

How to start from cold and dark?

From Free Flight, select the default Cessna, parked at any airport of your choosing. Enter the sim, and shut the Cessna down: fuel cut off, battery off. Save that flight as your default.

 

After that, you can go into just about any aircraft from Free Flight and the cockpit will be cold and dark.

In page 7 of the tutorial Kurt writes "Pressurization - Set with inner scale (acft alt) ....." .

 

How can I access to this inner scale? I could find only the button to set the cabin altitude (outer scale).

 

Thanks

Edmundo,

 

The dial has two scales on it...the outer scale with single digits representing cabin altitude, and the inner scale with double digits representing cruise altitude. The knob turns the dial so both scales move at the same time. The way it's set up is that there's a cabin altitude associated with every cruise altitude...so when setting the pressurization for the cruise altitude, you read the inner scale in double digits and align that to the tick mark on the panel.

 

When you're descending, you read the single digits on the outer scale, and align the outer scale to the tick mark on the panel.

 

If you're reading the value in the tool tip, that only gives you the setting for the outer scale (cabin altitude). You have to actually look at the pressurization controller to see the inner scale.

 

There is another method for setting cabin pressurization: Before takeoff, set the outer scale (cabin altitude) to the destination altitude plus 500 feet. That method requires a closer eye on the cabin altimeter, and you have to monitor the differential pressure (the short hand pointing to the inner scale on the cabin altimeter) to make sure you don't overpressurize the aircraft.

 

I hope I've helped!

Kurt, thanks for the clarification.

 

Again, many thanks for the tutorial!

I just wanted to say thank you for the tutorial. This must have taken time to produce such a valuable document.

So thank you.

 

Souheil Al-Mallah

Bob, thank you very much!!

 

Wow.

 

For the most part... this is how I ended up configuring and flying it. So much reassuring to actually know what to do, then guessing!!

 

The great thing about having a real pilot around is the knowledge they have about the aircraft. Windshield heat, and cracked glass, for example. I love that stuff!

N1 and cabin pressure relationship another.

 

Thank You, Thank You, Thank you.

Just adding my thanks for this. The take-off technique was the only thing I was messing up prior to reading the tutorial. Pointless to describe what I was doing wrong, since I have it correct now.

 

On a side note. I was reading the tutorial during some down time at work and a co-worker asked what it was, after catching a glance at it. Turns out he was a flight-simmer prior to starting his family, so he's coming over to my place sometime soon to get another taste.

 

Thanks again for your time in helping out the community.

I just checked the Lib: It's missing now??

 

Wha ha-pen?

 

never mind... found it: http://library.avsim.net/zipdiver.php?DLID=168021

The tutorial's been uploaded to the Avsim library.

 

I have just been through your tutorial, Bob (Kurt?) and first of all, a big, huge, thank you for producing this so quickly and so professionally and straight from the "horse's mouth" (indeed, makes one wonder why this hadn't been offered to their customers, through you, by Carenado)

It is people like you who enrich this community by the fold and make our hobby so fascinating and rewarding.

 

Perhaps you could clarify one or two points for me, which I have found confusing, if you don't mind.

 

First, regarding the "before engine start check list", page 4, it says: Battery - ON, then 2 lines below, battery OFF... then crossfeed OPEN, Boost Pumps - ON (listen for operation) So, How can you listen for operation or check illumination with battery OFF ? Shouldn't we have the battery ON all the time ?

 

Second, I am confused as to the role of the right condition lever (High Idle) after start of right engine, followed by Right condition lever (Low Idle) after start of the left engine, but no mention of the left condition lever at that time. Is there any reason why the Right condition lever should have to be at high idle ? I presume they are then both taken back to low idle, or as required, but this is not clear.

 

Finally, at the "shut down" check list it is mentioned that Boost Pumps (below 10% N1) - OFF. But I haven't seen any mention of having the Boost Pumps ON at any time before, unless I missed something.

 

I would really appreciate your clarifications on this, and once again, congratulations on such a great tutorial, something which was sadly missing big time.

I would like also to ask precisions regarding Pitot heat & Fuel Vent correct use.

There's no mention in the tutorial about it. I guess it must be evident, but for me it is very confused on how to use them correctly.

 

Thank you if someone can clarify.

 

Souheil Al-Mallah

But I haven't seen any mention of having the Boost Pumps ON at any time before, unless I missed something.

 

Look in the "Before engine starting" checklist, right in the section that confused you about the battery. The boost pumps (which are always available whether the battery switch is on or off) get turned on here. Also see Kurt's response to the battery question in the topic "Starting".

 

My understanding is that the right engine gets set to "high idle" during a battery start to provide extra generator output while starting the left engine. Note it gets set back to low after the left engine start is complete.

 

Scott

My understanding is that the right engine gets set to "high idle" during a battery start to provide extra generator output while starting the left engine. Note it gets set back to low after the left engine start is complete.

Scott, you're absolutely correct. The procedure in the tutorial is called a "cross generator start". One of the reasons that King Airs are traditionally started right-engine first is that the battery is mounted in the right wing.

 

Souheil, the BEFORE TAKEOFF checklist calls for you to set ice protection as required. That's when you switch on pitot heat and fuel vent heaters.