Not possible to move condition levers to cutoff position?

[Reuben Getz 12]

Hello guys,

Is it just not possible at all to move the condition levers to the cutoff position for engine shutdown in the Carenado 690?  I can't find anything in the manuals about how to accomplish this and I've tried just about everything I can think of in terms of VC clicking.  How do you guys normally go through a shutdown procedure?  I'm wondering if Bill's V3 mods address this issue perhaps?  

Thanks!  

 

[Olivier_Moens 5]

That 's not the way to shut down an engine in a 690.

You have to bring power levers to idle, condition to low RPM, then switch off Engine control switches (black rotating knob on the overhead). Before reaching down 50% RPM, bring power lever to reverse, to put propellers in the locks.

Shuting down engines using the condition lever will shutdown the engine but also bring the prop to feather. It is used in flight in case of engine failure.

This is not PT6 engine 😉

 

 

Edited September 7, 2018 by Olivier_Moens

[Reuben Getz 12]

8 hours ago, Olivier_Moens said:

That 's not the way to shut down an engine in a 690.

You have to bring power levers to idle, condition to low RPM, then switch off Engine control switches (black rotating knob on the overhead). Before reaching down 50% RPM, bring power lever to reverse, to put propellers in the locks.

Shuting down engines using the condition lever will shutdown the engine but also bring the prop to feather. It is used in flight in case of engine failure.

This is not PT6 engine 😉

 

 

Aha, truer words were never spoken, and you are exactly right here, thank you.  Geared turboprops are a fickle mistress indeed when one has been long spoiled with free turbines.     😃