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 Oct 3^rd, 2010 at 4:29pm: Moved External Power.....OFF to the correct order of the procedure as pointed out by Alberto! Thanks.
EDIT2 Oct 6^th, 2010 at 7:45am: 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.

Mark!! tanks!!!!

Very tanks!! now it work perfectly!!!

Yes! Most definitely. Sorry about that. I copy and pasted those from the first instance of them and forgot to drop it down the list.

Thank you for pointing that out.

Mark

Hi Alberto.

I have to say yes, and also add that it is the same method. That's the way I start the 707 from cold-n-dark. Are you still having trouble starting it?

Mark

Alberto. You need to keep at it. When I first got the 707, I had a lot of trouble starting it. There were many times when using CTRL+E wouldn't even start them. Then suddenly. It all just worked, I get it started first time every time. You just need to get "into the grove with it" (I can't think of any other way to put it). Once you do that, it's great.

For encouragement, take a look at this Topic that I started when the 707 first came out. I was really frustrated because it just wouldn't start, no matter what I tried. Eventually it just "happened" and it was all worthwhile. Keep trying and suddenly you will just know how to start her up.

I had this problem with the Captain Sim C-130X too. Now I get it started first time, every time too. I persevered and got there in the end.

Mark

Quote:

Two ways. Load the CS default 707-300 Cold-N-Dark (KSEA) My Documents\Flight Simulator X files\ (Documents\Flight Sim...etc... for Vista/Win7).

My default Flight Sim Free Flight is the C172 in a cold and dark situation everything off except for the Avionics Master Switch being left ON. This way, I can start anywhere with a cold and dark aircraft.

Mark

Hi Devrij.

See this topic here: http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1286115031/1#1

It is not necessarily a "by the book" (not according to the checklist)  engine start, but it will get you going to start with. The Support KB#6204 is also a good guide to start the engines.

Mark