ATR-72 Startup Question

[El Diablito 330]

Hello everyone,

I've a simple question related to the startup of this ship - I'm having trouble starting the engine into Hotel Mode -

Prop Brake - On

Fuel Pump Eng 2 - On

Start Mode A&B

Start Eng 2 - On

Once past 10%- move Eng 2 to Feather Position -->

NH rises to 17.9 and oil pressure does not go above 28 psi, ITT stays at 12 - nothing happens. In all the vids I've watched the temp rises normally and the engine reacts. Nothing happens for me.

I'm obviously missing a step and can't for the life of me find what it is. I've followed the tutorials up to this point and can't see what I've done wrong. Any ideas?

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[ATRguy 91]

How are you engaging the prop brake?

[El Diablito 330]

4 hours ago, ATRguy said:

How are you engaging the prop brake?

Press Aux Hyd Pump button - Wait for Green Ready light - Switch to On.

[ATRguy 91]

8 minutes ago, El Diablito said:

Press Aux Hyd Pump button - Wait for Green Ready light - Switch to On.

Gust lock on, condition #2 in shutoff before start?  
 

Which it all should be if you’re getting the ready light.  But I see a lot of people not using it properly.  

[El Diablito 330]

7 minutes ago, ATRguy said:

Gust lock on, condition #2 in shutoff before start?

Yeah none of the other levers are touched.

On the electric panel to the left of the Captain's seat I moved the switch to DC External before starting external power. That's the only other item that's touched before trying to start Hotel Mode.

[SierraHotel 987]

11 hours ago, El Diablito said:

Hello everyone,

I've a simple question related to the startup of this ship - I'm having trouble starting the engine into Hotel Mode -

Prop Brake - On

Fuel Pump Eng 2 - On

Start Mode A&B

Start Eng 2 - On

Once past 10%- move Eng 2 to Feather Position -->

NH rises to 17.9 and oil pressure does not go above 28 psi, ITT stays at 12 - nothing happens. In all the vids I've watched the temp rises normally and the engine reacts. Nothing happens for me.

I'm obviously missing a step and can't for the life of me find what it is. I've followed the tutorials up to this point and can't see what I've done wrong. Any ideas?

 

[El Diablito 330]

I've followed Magnar Nordal's (Fly with Magnar) videos to the letter.

I'm inclined to think the aircraft is bugged because today I followed the exact same procedures on the list without changing anything and the engine ignited.

After takeoff and passing 2000ft the aircraft decided to fly in a 360 circle all by itself and on returning towards the flightpath it carried on normally.

Then at cruise altitude throttle no.1 moved into the ramp position by itself and I couldn't remove it, at this point I lost complete control of the throttle quadrants function and decided to go back to the main menu.

I'll begrudgingly try again later as I really want this to work, I've started with ANZ in APL and want to complete these short hops across the island.

 

[Fiorentoni 4,352]

10 minutes ago, El Diablito said:

I've followed Magnar Nordal's (Fly with Magnar) videos to the letter.

I'm inclined to think the aircraft is bugged because today I followed the exact same procedures on the list without changing anything and the engine ignited.

After takeoff and passing 2000ft the aircraft decided to fly in a 360 circle all by itself and on returning towards the flightpath it carried on normally.

Then at cruise altitude throttle no.1 moved into the ramp position by itself and I couldn't remove it, at this point I lost complete control of the throttle quadrants function and decided to go back to the main menu.

I'll begrudgingly try again later as I really want this to work, I've started with ANZ in APL and want to complete these short hops across the island.

 

Make sure you engage the prop brake *quickly* after pushing the aux hyd pump button. Like max 2 seconds. It‘s visible on the display as a message for as long as it‘s active. If you wait for too long, otherwise the aux pump will auto-turn off again and then the aircraft will bug out if you nonetheless move the prop brake switch. 

[El Diablito 330]

So the aircraft totally bugging out and becoming unflyable is because I'm not switching on the Prop Brake fast enough? Seems a stretch, mate. Is it really that bad of a bug? Shame if it is as it might aswell be binned if that's the case.