On Sunday, September 05, 2010 10:30:06 am Frederic Bouvier wrote:
> > 2) I'd like the aircraft to start up at the end of the runway, all ready
> > for takeoff. Can I do that?
>
> You need to press the 's' key to start the engine. There should be a
> property to have the engine started but I don't know which one. If you
> know it, you can start fgfs with the --prop:/property/to/start/engine=true
Doesn't this depend on the aircraft? Some aircraft will not run without
certain conditions being in place. For example the JSBSIm P-51D needs to have
the fuel pump turned on, the fuel cutoff in the on position, the mixture in run
or full rich and the mags turned on among other things to run.
A quick search on-line found a number of references to setting
/engines/engine[0]/running=true to have a running engine. I just tested
setting the above property with the JSBSim P-51D and it was not running when
flightgear started. This is not surprising because it had no fuel and the
ignition was off at that point.
The startup procedure for the JSBSim P-51D is documented in aircraft help
where there is a complete set of check lists including one for the start up
procedure.
Hal
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