Curt,
well argued - our real-world pilots handle these engine startup and
shutdown procedures very seriously in helicopters without FADEC, ie.
Eurocopter BO105, BK117. Getting the temperatures too high (hot start,
ITT++) is a financial desaster. And what not might be generally known -
the engines are even cooled by airflow after shutdown for a short time
with the electric starter.
And combined with that you have to check other important things, ie.
batterie-power (if you have not got an external energy supply) for
sufficient electric starter function when running the free turbine part
up to get enough airflow *before* ignition, otherwise .. :-(
Although all these things are no problem with modern turbines with FADEC
(ie Eurocopter EC135) it might be a good idea to have these features
implemented (together with a random failure generating system) in some
future version of FlightGear, all these "little" things increase
"reality feeling".
Regards
Georg
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