I logged into Simmarket yesterday and out of curiosity I put the Boeing 247D into my shopping bag to see how much it cost. The answer was 17 Eur. Anyway after conversion to AUD I saw it was 10% or more cheaper than the marketplace price and as that plane has been described as the greatest thing since sliced bread I hit the buy button.  Anyway as an unrepentant scenery addict who does not really care about cold and dark starts or working bathrooms etc and just wants something good looking to fly around the marvellous MSFS world I was a bit miffed when control E did not work! I know how a lot of you aspire to becoming a virtual pilot but I would have thought that their plane would have had a dumb option for those like me. Ah well .... Looks like I am going to have to experience check lists and manuals and thingies. 

Any other virtual tourists in here or is it just me. 😄

Using the clipboard, you can disable realistic engine start, electrics and engine management. Without those, it’s a simple aircraft to operate. Have a peek at one or two YouTube videos on starting. It’s appx 5 or 6 steps so not too bad at all.

 

 

I have to chuckle here - not at you only at your conundrum.  You purchased one of the most detailed addons to date - I mean for being an ancient non-glass plane hehe.

I'm positive you can get it started up though!  I don't have it but if you have 20 minutes or so there are some good youtube videos (10 minutes long here):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WswokPHW0bI&ab_channel=RaizSpace

 

I must admit I'm struggling to get the engines started in Realistic mode. I've watched every YT video out there and still have problems. I often give up and go back to "simple" mode just so I can enjoy this *superb* aircraft.

The reason CTRL-E does not work is the aircraft uses its  own engine management rather than just relying on the sim to do it. Because it does not use the sims built in engine management it cannot access sim based shortcuts like CTRL-E

Thanks guys for your replies. I must confess that one reason I bought it was that I could not figure how to take it out of my Simmarket shopping bag but I did have the intention of buying it eventually. 🙂

Now .... off to YouTube.

5 minutes ago, AOB said:

Thanks guys for your replies. I must confess that one reason I bought it was that I could not figure how to take it out of my Simmarket shopping bag

That's the excuse I use all the time 😁 😈

You bought probably most advanced vintage plane, and now you want to dumb it down lol

I’d say learn how to fly it properly and transition from noob to advanced simmer ! 🙂

I sympathise with the OP.  I am a RL pilot but often in the Sim I just want an auto start and a fun fly.  I think it is wrong when developers do not provide this facility/option fir those who want it sometimes.  It is not dumbing down.  It is customer service. Cheers.

One thing about starting it,  don't forget to add fuel with clipboard.   The hangar fuel menu doesn't add any fuel at all.

I agree with sd_flyer learn to start/fly it properly it is more rewarding than just looking at pretty scenery.

20 minutes ago, jbdbow1970 said:

I agree with sd_flyer learn to start/fly it properly it is more rewarding than just looking at pretty scenery.

Is it?

let’s be frank,  once you do the few things necessary to grok the operation of these things, it’s not really that hard.  It’s a simulated mechanical device.  Unless you just love the internal combustion engine, it pales in magnificence next to being able to view the glory of the natural world seen from on high, especially when it’s rendered this well.  Mankind did not quest for the skies because they loved dials and switches.

I’ve at this point learned to manually start all manner of sim planes, from the easy to the ridiculous.  That’s not my buzz,  simulating flight is.

20 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

Is it?

 

Yes It is' beats Ctr+E any day. I don't care if its something is as simple as an Cessna 152

Edited April 28, 20224 yr by jbdbow1970

38 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

 Mankind did not quest for the skies because they loved dials and switches.

 

If God had meant man to fly he would have been born with a tail rotor.

3 hours ago, AOB said:

I logged into Simmarket yesterday and out of curiosity I put the Boeing 247D into my shopping bag to see how much it cost. The answer was 17 Eur. Anyway after conversion to AUD I saw it was 10% or more cheaper than the marketplace price and as that plane has been described as the greatest thing since sliced bread I hit the buy button.  Anyway as an unrepentant scenery addict who does not really care about cold and dark starts or working bathrooms etc and just wants something good looking to fly around the marvellous MSFS world I was a bit miffed when control E did not work! I know how a lot of you aspire to becoming a virtual pilot but I would have thought that their plane would have had a dumb option for those like me. Ah well .... Looks like I am going to have to experience check lists and manuals and thingies. 

Any other virtual tourists in here or is it just me. 😄

I feel the same way many times.

The FBW A320 (for instance) is apparently aimed at the "hardcore" and "as real as it gets" market, to the point that ease-of-use for regular joes, like the ability to use the in-sim navigation, or have the copilot do the boring stuff like taxiing to the runway, either simply doesn't work or perhaps is deliberately removed, I suspect because FBW assumes that people want to do the nap-inducing 20 minute drone to and from the runway manually.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!

I actually end up just not feeling like it, and using the default A320 a lot.

Edited April 28, 20224 yr by HiFlyer