Melchior FRANZ wrote:
AnthonyL -- Tuesday 01 February 2005 12:19:
> > By trial and error I have found that from a stationery engine:
> >
> > 1. Press C (case is important)
> > 2. Press space bar until the prop is rotating as a blur
> > 3. Press { and the engine will spark into life.
> >
> > If that is correct [...]
>
> If it works it can't be *totally* wrong. :-)
>
> More correct would AFAIK be:
>
> 1. { } turn left *and* right magneto switch on
> 2. OOOOO manually inject fuel (yes, five times Shift-o)
> 3. increase throttle to 1/3 (or more?)
> 4. <SPACE> fire starter cartridge
> 5. B release parking brake
>
> then give throttle and pull stick for better ground contact of the tail
> wheel. (I get best results if I do this until I lift off, others may only
> do it until they can raise the tail.) Don't know if flaps are recommended
> for take off, and how much. Vivian?
>
> You need C only to select the *next* ignition cartridge. The first one
> is already selected at startup, so you don't need it. (And, of course,
> case is important. It always is on sane systems.)
>
To quote from the Pilot's Notes:
"The Pilot's Operational Handbook (POH) is available here:
http://home.clara.net/wolverine/BOB/misc/Spit_Hurri_Manuals.zip
Read it - the simulator is pretty close."
But yes, you have summarized the start procedure. Flaps are not recommended
for take-off, but the aircraft will take off if they are inadvertently
extended. They blow in as speed increases anyway. Yes, keep the tail down
until there is sufficient rudder authority to counter the swing to port.
This is different to the real aircraft, because the backwash from the prop
is not simulated. Remember to use the differential brakes to keep straight
at slow speed.
Don't forget the radiator flap, the door and canopy, mixture and propeller
advance levers ... well you can read it in the POH.
Regards,
Vivian
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