Can someone tell me the keyboard shortcut to start the C172 Engine?  I thought it was control-E, but that changes the view.

 

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

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Hi there, the keys for starting engines are CTRL 1 for engine number 1, CTRL 2 for engine number 2 etc....

Hi there, the keys for starting engines are CTRL 1 for engine number 1, CTRL 2 for engine number 2 etc....

 

 

Thanks, James.  That's a start.  I'm excited about the prospect of being able to start X-Plane from a point of no engine running,.  I see options for going thought a complex startup method of which I'll explore in the future.  But at present I'm basically trying to just get in the air.

 

Having the engine running before actually staring my session causes me to either be out of fuel when I start, or the plane drift from the desired starting position.

 

Anyway, the C172 only has one engine.  Of course the CTRL 2 doesn't do anything and the CTRL 1 will turn the engine, but it will only turn while you hold the CTRL 1 down.  When you release it, the engine stops turning.

 

Thanks for the input.  With the topic live hopefully someone else will chime in.

 

I'm still experimenting with the controls, and if I get it figured out I'll update the topic.

 

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Hi,  CTRL E is the command in Flight Simulator to get the Aircraft to an engine(s) running state. As far as I am aware, no such command exists in X-plane, only the " Start each flight with engines running" option which I presume you have found and disabled.  The CTRL 1 command, found under SETTINGS / JOYSTICK and EQUIPMENT / KEYS, is called STARTERS / ENGAGE_STARTER_1. This command only engages engine #1s  starter motor.  Make sure that the aircraft Battery is ON and the fuel mixture is set to RICH. It may help to advance the throttle a little. Engage the Starter motor ( CTRL 1 ) and hold the keys down until the engine fires. It may take a few seconds for the engine to start.

Hi,  CTRL E is the command in Flight Simulator to get the Aircraft to an engine(s) running state. As far as I am aware, no such command exists in X-plane, only the " Start each flight with engines running" option which I presume you have found and disabled.  The CTRL 1 command, found under SETTINGS / JOYSTICK and EQUIPMENT / KEYS, is called STARTERS / ENGAGE_STARTER_1. This command only engages engine #1s  starter motor.  Make sure that the aircraft Battery is ON and the fuel mixture is set to RICH. It may help to advance the throttle a little. Engage the Starter motor ( CTRL 1 ) and hold the keys down until the engine fires. It may take a few seconds for the engine to start.

 

Yea.  I probably should have mentioned that I'm coming from Microsoft Flight Simulator.  I used it for years.  I learn to fly all the planes in MSFS within a months time.  I was easily flying the C172 in a couple of days.  But X-Plane appears to require a real flight school.  I've been working with it for about a year and can finally take off without problems.  But still have problems with simple things, as you can see, like starting the engine.

 

I didn't disable the feature of having the engine on when starting.  I recently turned it off while until I was ready to start my flight.  It was then that I realized that I couldn't start the engine and started this quest.

 

I'm sure I can eventually get the mixture and everything up to par, but I was hoping to at least have an autostart feature like in MSFS so that I could compare what I stumble into through trial and error with the proper settings.

 

I'm sure I'll eventually learn.  And thanks for the help.  Since the feature appears not to be in X-plane, I can move on and stop spending so much time trying to find it.  Your input has saved me valuable time.  Even though I'm practicing the details, I was still spending a lot of time trying to find the short cut.

 

-- L. James

 

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