Markoz wrote on Oct 3rd, 2010 at 2:35pm:Firstly. I take it that you are loading the 707 with the engines already started then?
Secondly. There is a "procedure" to starting the 707. At first I couldn't always get it started. Now I start them first time, every time.
Here is what I do:
Shift + 2 (Animation Panel)
External Power ON. External Air ON.
FE PANEL
Battery.....ON
External Power.....ON or Ground Service (I usually just place the switch to the ON position)
DC Meters Selector.....TR ESS
Essential Power Source Selector.....EXT PWR
AC Paralleling Selector.....EXTERNAL POWER
All 4 Engine Bleed Air switches.....ON
Wing Valves.....OPEN
Left & Right Air-Conditioning Unit Pack Switches.....ON
CONTROL STAND
Engine Start Levers....START/IDLE (CTRL+SHIFT+F4)
OVERHEAD PANEL
GRD START....LOW PRESS
Engine Start Control #3...GRD After engine #3 starts repeat for engines #4, #1 & #2
FE PANEL
DC Meters Selector.....TR3
Essential Power Source Selector.....GEN 3
AC Paralleling Selector.....GEN 3
External Power.....OFF
Galley Power.....ON
Shift + 2 (Animation Panel)
External Power OFF. External Air OFF.
That should get your engines started for now. I quite often wait for N2 to reach 15-20 before switching the Engine Start Levers to START/IDLE .
Hope this helps.
Mark
EDIT [timestamp=1286123399]: Moved External Power.....OFF to the correct order of the procedure as pointed out by Alberto! Thanks.
EDIT2 [timestamp=1286351146]: Added the Left & Right Air-Conditioning Unit Pack Switches.....ON into the start-up procedure. I somehow thought that they and the Wing Valves were the same switches. Sorry. :(
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I can't get the engines to start, have done all you wrote here but no start.
I can hear the engine spool up but it won't ignite. It starts with ctrl+e but thats not my game to start them that way.
What have i left out? Should i see the dials move on spoolup? :-/