[SOLVED] Hotstart TBM not usable on i7 Imac with 4gb graphics card

[kjhkent]

Having now downloaded and installed this aircraft ver 1.07,  I find that the engine is already running with no instruments displayed and black smoke emmitting from the engine cowling. The maintainence tab shows engine faults in turbine and combustor which I am unable to repair or clear. Very disappointed. Posted on varoius forums but can seem to find no central avenue for support.

 

 

Edited October 26, 2018 by skiselkov

[marpilot]

Maybe try adding new airframe in manager  and fly it.

Or repair the engine - money is virtual

[skiselkov]

54 minutes ago, kjhkent said:

Having now downloaded and installed this aircraft ver 1.07,  I find that the engine is already running with no instruments displayed and black smoke emmitting from the engine cowling. The maintainence tab shows engine faults in turbine and combustor which I am unable to repair or clear. Very disappointed. Posted on varoius forums but can seem to find no central avenue for support. 

Can you please post your simulator's log file and a screenshot of the problem? Seems like there's some kind of system startup problem. Normally the aircraft loads up with engine shut down.

[kjhkent]

48 minutes ago, marpilot said:

Maybe try adding new airframe in manager  and fly it.

Or repair the engine - money is virtual

Yes done that. No joy.

[kjhkent]

31 minutes ago, skiselkov said:

Can you please post your simulator's log file and a screenshot of the problem? Seems like there's some kind of system startup problem. Normally the aircraft loads up with engine shut down.

skiselkov

Thanks for the response. Baffled by this.

Log.txt

[skiselkov]

I can see in the log that the Combustor and Turbines have failed. Can you please open up the Maintenance Manager (should be a little window on the left side of the screen) and go into Engine > Open Engine and hit "Replace" under both of those? Then please power up the aircraft avionics and take a screenshot of the instrument panel.

[kjhkent]

Will do. These two items fail immediatley during the startup procedure, even with a new airframe. I get a warning as soon as I move the battery to the on position that the engine is too hot. Repair combustor. Engine starts and shuts down. 

 

Then intermitently the engine will be running on startup and or with an engine fire and smoke.

[skiselkov]

Can you verify on the pedestal that the little red lever labeled MAN OVRD is fully back?

[kjhkent]

On to it now.

[kjhkent]

skiselkov

The lever was not fully down. Started procedure again and suffered immediate engine fire. Back into maintainence and again repaired Turbos and Combustor again. Changed livery. Tried again. Engine fire. Repaired again and the emgine started as in tutorial. I have now shut down and restarted 4 times without a problem. Also short flight and landed. Shut down. Waited 10 minutes and restarted again without a glitch save a warning that the ngine was still hot. Backed off to idle. ITT fel nicely and was able to do another short flight.

Totally baffled save that the red lever was not fully down as stated. 

 

Will shutdown xplane tonight and try again tomorrow. I will report back. Very grateful for your advice and time.

 

 

[skiselkov]

1 minute ago, kjhkent said:

Totally baffled save that the red lever was not fully down as stated.

Glad we got this figured out. The red lever is the manual fuel control. If it's raised up and the engine is spinning, it's dumping huge amounts of fuel into the combustion chamber, which then simply pools up and ignites all at once when you turn on ignition. This is referred to as flooding the combustor and there is a supplemental procedure for "fuel vapor clearing" that must be performed any time an engine start is unsuccessful. When the engine is off, ALWAYS keep the throttle in CUT OFF and the red lever all the way back.

[kjhkent]

Hopefully all will be well when I get back to it tomorrow. Thanks very much for the time you have taken to help.

[kjhkent]

I see version 1.08 is out. Fantastic support from the developers. 

[kjhkent]

Also great response from Cameron. Thanks.
 

[kjhkent]

Have now been flying all morning and getting to grips with the aircraft properly. Thanks again