February 10, 20179 yr After starting up my engines in PANC the electrical generators 1 2 3 4 will not turn on. If I turn off the APU the aircraft is left without power. any suggestions? could cold weather play a factor?Neil.V
February 10, 20179 yr Did you try cycling them OFF then ON? Bryan Richards "People depend so much on automation that they forget how to get the automation to work." B.W.
February 10, 20179 yr Can you post a screenshot of your overhead panel? Romain Roux Avec l'avion, nous avons inventé la ligne droite. St Exupéry, Terre des hommes.
February 10, 20179 yr Did you accidentally hit the DRIVE DISConnect switches during preflight? This action cannot be reversed by pilot switch selection. Also, I've noticed in beta videos that there is long delay between the engines reaching 50~55% N3/N2 and the GEN CONT OFF lights extinguishing. How long did you wait for the GEN CONT OFF lights to extinguish before turning off your APU? Perhaps there is some RW pilot input required? As an engineer, I used to deselect the GEN CONT switches off for engine test runs on the ground, so I didn't get to see how long the GENT CONT OFF lights took to extinguish. I assumed they would extinguish one or two seconds after the N3's or N2's reached 50%~55% (depending on engine type). Cheers John H Watson John H Watson (retired 744/767 Avionics engineer)
February 10, 20179 yr Author Ok I restarted the sim and tried to stat up the queen but shes still giving me problems I took some screenshots. I waited a few minutes before turning off the APU but still no ELEC GENNeil.v Ok here are some screenshots this time ELEC GEN 3 and 4 will not turn on.http://http:// Did you try cycling them OFF then ON? yep Did you accidentally hit the DRIVE DISConnect switches during preflight? This action cannot be reversed by pilot switch selection. Also, I've noticed in beta videos that there is long delay between the engines reaching 50~55% N3/N2 and the GEN CONT OFF lights extinguishing. How long did you wait for the GEN CONT OFF lights to extinguish before turning off your APU? Perhaps there is some RW pilot input required? As an engineer, I used to deselect the GEN CONT switches off for engine test runs on the ground, so I didn't get to see how long the GENT CONT OFF lights took to extinguish. I assumed they would extinguish one or two seconds after the N3's or N2's reached 50%~55% (depending on engine type). Cheers John H Watson I did not hit DRIVE DISC
February 10, 20179 yr Hi, Which panel state did you load the 747 with? Romain Roux Avec l'avion, nous avons inventé la ligne droite. St Exupéry, Terre des hommes.
February 11, 20179 yr So if you didn't the specify a panel state, the 747 loads with the default panel state with engines running. What is the case? Romain Roux Avec l'avion, nous avons inventé la ligne droite. St Exupéry, Terre des hommes.
February 11, 20179 yr I guess you have checked the failures just in case? And from the defaults state to the restart of the engines, did you go through a complete power off? Can you state what you did when from shutting down the engine to restart? The idea is to see if I can reproduce your issue. Romain Roux Avec l'avion, nous avons inventé la ligne droite. St Exupéry, Terre des hommes.
February 11, 20179 yr Author What i did was the following load up the sim in PANC temp -13C(active sky next in the background) once the aircraft initialized I turned on the APU,shuting off engines 1,2 and 4 leaving 3 on until the APU turned on. Once the APU was on I selected APU GEN 1 then shut off engine 3. After that i began the start up procedure packs 2 and 3 off pull 3&4 ignition and flip the fuel selector on and do the same for engines 1&2. still no ELEC GEN in 1 2 3 4.Neil.V
February 11, 20179 yr Ok, I'll try that when I have finished my current flight (with the 747 off course!). Is this issue occuring with a specific model, and with a specific engine type or with different ones? Meanwhile can you try the following tests: _ Load a different panel state (e.g.: C&D, short turnover...) and see if it happens as well? _ Do the same as you did but also select the APU GEN 2 before shutting down the engine 3 _ Do different tests on the same procedures but select only the APU GEN 2 without the GEN 1, and the same procedure with the GPU instead of the APU I'll run the same tests on my side at the end of my flight. Edit: btw, for further posting, you'd better post in the specific 747 forum instead of the general one in order to keep the forum clean and tidy. Romain Roux Avec l'avion, nous avons inventé la ligne droite. St Exupéry, Terre des hommes.
February 11, 20179 yr Author Ok I will do more test I suspect it might be the cold weather, I just tried the same procedure with the same aircraft 744ERF PW But in Miami with warmer weather and the electrical generators turned on after engine start.
February 11, 20179 yr Author This time I tested another model. The 744F GE in the same location same weather conditions same procedures,and it started up just fine, all the electric generators started up normally. Cant figure out why the 744ERF PW is giving me issues with electrical generators.
February 11, 20179 yr I haven't flown the PW engines version but I couldn't reproduce it with the GE and RR versions. I don't why either. Romain Roux Avec l'avion, nous avons inventé la ligne droite. St Exupéry, Terre des hommes.
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