Try this:

On the Co-Pilots Side Panel.

B14. BATTERY SWITCH PANEL -
Turn on the Battery Switch (Shift+M) - Pressing Shift+M also turns on the 4 Generator Switches listed in the next section.

B01. ELECTRICAL PANEL -
Turn ON the Main External Power Switch.
Turn ON the 4 Generator Switches.
Turn the Frequency And Voltmeter Selector Switch to CENTRAL TIP BUS

B07. ENG START CONTROL PANEL
Turn on the Starter Switches for the engine you want to start first, they are in pairs (1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6 and 7 & 8).

I'm working on something more substantial, but I can and did get them started that way. Also. I did pull all engines into reverse (F2), then I returned them to the stop position (F1), then move them slightly forward of the stop (F3). I do this when N2 reaches 20%.

Hope this helps.

Mark

I agree to fsxpaul, don't give up yet. You've bought the "Driver" so there isn't a simple on/off switch and there surely isn't too much detail but something in between.

I'm actually really glad about some more or less tricky things and the standard cockpit from the Buff version might have been tricky to new pilots too, don't you think? You have just got used to it and the same approach might be needed here.
Enjoy your stuff, this nice B-52 is worth some reading at the beginning.

As you see, one just has to wait some days to see those video tutorials coming up. Maybe they help you then. I appreciate the work from those guys.

Thanks folks. I'm back where I started before "Driver" and flying the "Buff" along without a hitch. Thanks again to everyone for your help. One question to the folks at Captain Sim though and that is, if you are going to add tool tips to some buttons why not all? OOPS maybe that's not logical thinking because it might help the learning curb for an old guy like me. Forgive my little rant. Thanks again everyone, lol, bye.

hmm, tried the same sequence as the video but still no dice on my end...

and CTRL+E is not working for me as well

would like to get the BUFF started and flying already!

I am thinking of buying the B52 but i am concerned that people are having issues starting up. I have read that some people can only get engines 4-8 going but then engines 1-2 shut down the whole plane.

Are these issues due to the nature of the B52 systems, or is it that there is a bug that is yet to be resolved?

Captain Sim wrote on Dec 14^th, 2010 at 4:22pm:

i did �all of this and still no fuel flow,is there a way to start it like real cold and dark coming out the box like the PPMMDDGG 747 where u have a cold and dark mission and a rdy to go mission,fsx always start it with some control open,ive been on this since about 4 hours and no result,the manuel is useless for this part and i watched the no sound video and half of comment is the same prob as me help me thx

Captain Sim wrote on Dec 16^th, 2010 at 3:57pm:

still not working,by doing ur magic formula u just ear fake engine start and the sound is just glitchy,u always think ohhh ohhh its gonna start and no the sound start again even on 128time faster no result

Hello, i have a rather special problem when starting engines.
I can manually start engine 7and 8, 6 and 5, 4 and 3 and when i start 2 and 1 the other 6 engines go down.
It seems if all the fuel ic cut off.
Engines won't start witrh CTR+E.
Any suggestions??
Hotas

If you're having troubles with your windows too then this thread may help with your starting problems:

http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1292337915

Captain Sim wrote on Dec 17^th, 2010 at 7:28pm:



You have made this aircraft to difficult to operate. I have uninstalled and reinstalled 3 times. Same issues , windows won't close,engines won't start( I have tried all the suggestions in this thread)
So I unistalled and am now just using the Buff model..

Capt Sim-I like your aircraft but I hesitate to purchase any more if they are difficult to operate as the  B-52.

Rick

I've had the same issue with the windows. When loading the Cold-n-Dark save (KNKX) my windows are always open. I click on each one and I can hear the audible close sound but they won't close. . .right away. If I wait about 30-45 seconds they will both close. . .strange behavior. �I have set the aircraft reload per your suggestion in another post to Ctrl + Shift + R and when the B-52 reloads the windows will be closed.

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As it turns out. This is what mine does. Wait about 30 seconds, the windows close. Doing the Ctrl + Shift + R to reload the B-52 works and everything is good like it should be. Really strange indeed.

Mark

What does pressing CTRL+ALT+F4 do in your FSX? I don't have a keyboard shortcut that uses that combination (nor is one listed in the default keyboard shortcuts) so it means nothing to me. Sorry, but until I know that I can't help you.

Mark

It sounds to me like your throttle levers are somehow being pulled into reverse, which on the B-52 Driver, is the engine cutoff position.

Are you using a Joystick/Yoke/Throttle quadrant that has the ability to pull the throttle levers into reverse? If you do. Try disabling your controller (CTRL+K) and THEN starting the engines. See if they remain running that way. And if they do, you will know it's the throttle controller you are using.

Mark

I was also unable to start and keep engines running and my control colum was locked. Also, the side windows wouldn't close.

I did a complete uninstall (including the registry), then downloaded the exterior, then downloaded the B52 Driver update, installed both, now all is fine. Looks like there was originally a problem with my online verification which as a security feature, kept everything locked.

Hope this helps

Hi im from germany so i will write in german and english

Ich hab mir die b52 geholt und will nun starten allerdings funktionieren keines der vielen tutorials,es flie�t kein treibstoff egal was ich mache ich habe sp 2 und acceleration also wei� ich nicht was das problem ist

i bought the b 52 and im trying to start but it doesnt works,i have watched many of tutorials but they are not working. i have sp 2 and acceleration and i dont know whats the matter -.-

I feel a lot like Thomas Edison: I know a lot of ways that won't start the engines.  Unlike Edison, I don't know a single way that will start them.

Ctrl-E from the Cold Dark flight does NOT work.

F2 until cutoff, Ctrl-Shift F4, F1, Ctrl-E does NOT work.

F2 to cutoff, F1 at 20%, F3 doesn't work either.

E1,2,3,4 doesn't do anything...

None of the manual methods shown in various videos work although they seem quite logical.

None of the methods suggested in this thread or any linked threads work.  FWIW, one link to a video (early in this thread) is broken.

The closest method is to HOLD Ctrl-Shift F4 until the engines spool up gets them fired but releasing the buttons just shuts them down.  BTW, it would have been helpful to know that HOLDING Ctrl-Shift-F4 was important.

I have reinstalled B52 Driver (over the top of the previous incantation) with no change - Version 1.0, BTW.  I have FX SP2 so I didn't uninstall/reinstall the simulator.

But the reason this B52 is destined to be a hangar queen: even in the  Cleared For Takeoff flight, where one might assume the engines were running, only 2 engines were started and THEY shut down.

Somewhere in this process there is something missing.

I am beginning to think this problem is installation dependent.  The procedure you listed was one I had tried before and it still doesn't work.  Yet, clearly, it works for others.

I was able to start engines 3 & 4 by themselves using Shift-Ctrl-F4 and then F1 but as soon as I tried to start the engines 1 & 2, number 3 & 4 shut down and 1 & 2 didn't start.

Since you mention using F1, F2 & F3, is it safe to assume you are starting all 8 engines at the same time?

Thanks Markoz. I am having all of these symptoms and thinking about reinstalling it. All of my planes now need to be started up. I cannot think of how to automatically start them. For example, when I start FSX and begin to fly, I need to start the engines. It used to be where I could Fly Now and everything would be ready, engines and all. I am going to see if it was an online feature and that would make a very simple solution. If not, it will be more headaches. Thanks for all your help!

Well I've tried just about everything and I can't seem to get this thing running. I've re-installed it 4 times, downloaded the driver, watched both videos on youtube, tried different sequences, and can't seem to get it going.

I can get the engines going if I hold the CTRL+SHIFT+F4 combo down, they will start just fine and spool up just fine as well. I've moved the key to the enter key and held it down. I managed to get her to take off that way, but the stick/controls were locked. The engines died out shortly after take off though and sunk like a rock.

Just curious if this is an issue that just hasn't been addressed? I noticed on the youtube videos the fuel flow meter moves and stays up for them, on mine it's on dead 0 and stays that way until I use the Mixture Full Rich key. Is there a pump switch I'm not hitting or am I doing something wrong? I think it's awesome that we have to go through these procedures like we do in an actual airplane, it makes it  much more realistic. But I do want to fly it and listen to that beautiful whine similar to what you hear on the old C-5's �

Thanks for any advice/help.

-Wes

Markoz wrote on Mar 24^th, 2011 at 4:28am:


The issue will be fixed in the next upgrade.

Markoz wrote on Apr 10^th, 2011 at 9:16am:


Hey Mark,

Thank you for the help, but so far still no luck    I loaded it from the saved games list and tried both the dark and ready for take off. I've uninstalled the B-52 driver several times and reinstalled. I just uninstalled FSX completely, reinstalled it with a fresh install of SP1 and SP2, and then B-52 Driver, still no luck. I can't get the fuel to flow without holding down Ctrl+Shift+F3 or Ctrl+Shift+F4. Once I let go of that combination, the engines die immediately.

Kinda lost here, not sure where to go from here.

-Wes

Thank you! Problem resolved! So far so good, love it. Will have to try some of your other products.

Thanks again,
-Wes

Hi Snake323CO.

For starting the engines, try this:

1. Turn all the fuel knobs so that all the fuel tanks are feeding ALL the engines.
2. Then pull the throttle levers all the way back (as if you were putting it into full reverse thrust).
3. Flip the first set of start switches, then press F1 and then tap F3 a couple of times just to advance the throttles a bit. The engines should start.
4. Flip the next set of start switches, but don't touch the throttle this time. The engines should start.
5. Repeat step 4 for the remaining two sets of engines.

All engines should be running now. That works for me.

Mark

When you get the B-52 loaded, press SHIFT+F1 followed by SHIFT+F4, THEN use the method described in my previous reply.
Every now and then, when I can't get the engines started on add-on (payware) aircraft, this can sometimes be the solution.

Mark

Hmmm. This one is a real puzzler.

1. Have you started FSX using one of the B-52 flights found in <Documents>\Flight Simulator X files\? �-52 Cleared for takeoff (KNKX) and �-52 Cold-n-Dark (KNKX)? Make sure to double click on the one the �FSSAVE file and not the FLT or WX. This will load FSX straight into the flight, bypassing FSX Opening Screen.

2. What is the Free Flight default flight? Including the aircraft and aircraft system settings details.

�-52 is a fault that will be fixed in the next update!

Mark

Recently I saw a vid on YouTube that showed some B-52's being refueled by some KC-135's. I believe the vid was uploaded by Capt sim. Is there an add-on KC-135 available for B-52 Driver? I've searched all over and haven't seen any mention of it. It'd sure make a great add-on.

very frustrating both me and my dad wanted to be pilot and copilot we have all the switches the batteries turned on fuel on engines on throttle set to every thing we can think of reverse full zero 1% nothing will start engines they just sit there. he has bad eyes too and some of the buttons and dials not having tooltips was not good decision

we installed this on hit FSX on his laptop got same exacpt problem there we cant get the plane engines to start

can someone who actually HAD this problem and then got it to fix please reply with what you did? others here who do not have this problem cant fix it or they they say "works fine for me" cause none of the solutions here work or make sense. we copied the steps in the engine start youtube videos and nothing

nothing happens until we hit CTRL SHIFT F4 that will do something but all it does is make us go full throttle and I have to sit there holding down the 3 buttons on the keyboard cause if I let go they die

he is upset we bought this and its not fun like our other planes that work

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I don't understand what you aredoing with the generators or why you don't push F1 to make all the throttles go to 0 instead of going reverse then dragging each one up. I do the exact same thing I see you are doing and the engines to not start I hear them on but with no power until I push CTRL SHIFT F4 and you have no sound and I don't see you move at all just like me the power sits at zero even if I have full throttle on and does not move until I push CTRL SHIFT F4

gar wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2013 at 5:54am:

When starting the engines, here is what I do:

1. Turn the Master Battery Switch ON
2. Press E, release it, then press 1 (NOT Numpad 1) - so that you are only in control of Engines 1 & 2
3. Turn on Engine Start for Engines 1&2. As they spool up (before they reach 20%), press F2 AND HOLD IT until the levers are all the way back (it is NOT reverse thrust), then F1 to return it to 0%, then F3 to advance it slightly. Engines 1 & 2 should start.
4. �Press E, release it, the press 2 - so that you are only in control of Engines 3 & 4
5. Turn on Engine Start for Engines 3 & 4. As they spool up (before they reach 20%), press F2 AND HOLD IT until the levers are all the way back, then F1 to return it to 0%, then F3 to advance it slightly. Engines 3 & 4 should start.
6. �Press E, release it, the press 3 - so that you are only in control of Engines 5 & 6
7. Turn on Engine Start for Engines 5 & 6. As they spool up (before they reach 20%), press F2 AND HOLD IT until the levers are all the way back, then F1 to return it to 0%, then F3 to advance it slightly. Engines 5 & 6 should start.
8. �Press E, release it, the press 4 - so that you are only in control of Engines 7 & 8
9. Turn on Engine Start for Engines 7 & 8. As they spool up (before they reach 20%), press F2 AND HOLD IT until the levers are all the way back, then F1 to return it to 0%, then F3 to advance it slightly. Engines 7 & 8 should start.
10. Press E, release it, then press 5. This allows you to control of ALL your engines.
11. Turn on all the Engine Generators.

Follow that, and the engines should start.

This is not doing it using a checklist, this is just a simple way of starting the engines in the B-52. It works every time for me.

NOTE: The CS B-52 does not have reverse thrust - so IF you pull the throttle levers all the way back when you land, you will shut all the engines down!Don't worry, you won't be the first to do it. I know I diud it the first few times I flew the B-52

Hello, I just bought the B-52 driver a couple of days ago and cannot get the engines to start at all. I was wondering how you got the renewed legal copy. any advice would be great. thanks.

matty84 wrote on Feb 16^th, 2015 at 4:08am:


Check-in to Your Profile > Product (B-52 Driver) > Extended Download Service > Get New Links

Coltrane wrote on Feb 17^th, 2015 at 10:57pm:

That's correct. Good guess.

matty84 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2015 at 9:28pm:

Hopefully soon.

A long time ago, I made a short video of starting the engines on the B-52:



It might be hard to detect in the video, but the the trick is this.

When the N1 reaches 20%, I press F1 to move throttle to the lowest setting, call it 0 (zero), then I press F3 to nudge it forward slightly. Once the engine fires, I press F1 again.

To control each throttle lever individually, I press, for engine #1, E, release the E key, then press 1 (not NumPad 1, but the one above they letters on the keyboard). Do not press E + 1, you must release the E before pressing 1!
For engine #2, press E, release the E key, then press 2, and so forth up to 4 for engine #4.

IMPORTANT: PRESS E, RELEASE THE E KEY, THEN PRESS 5, SO THAT ALL 4 LEVERS ARE NOW UNDER CONTROL OF A SINGLE THROTTLE LEVER/KEYSTROKE (LIKE F1, F2, F3 AND F4)! This doesn't apply if you have a multiple throttle lever like the CH Throttle Quadrant. You wouldn't believe the amount of times I have increased the throttle to start taxiing, only to find that my single throttle lever only controls a single engine/lever!

Thanks again Mark for all of your instructions. They have helped tremendously.