Aeroproyecto Sukhoi Superjet 100 Engines Not Starting

Before you read this, I am a noobie at FSX>

Hello, I have downloaded the Aeroproyecto Sukhoi Superjet 100 for FSX. It's a great aircraft but I can't get the engines to start up. I've looked everywhere and the engines won't start up.

I have tried:

- CTRL+E

- Manually starting engines

 

Any help is appreciated

Thank you

aeroproyecto_ssj100_11.zip Was this the download you used? If not, link or filename?

Probably this one in the File Library....ssj100v11c.zip Installing and will test!

 

No CTRL+E start. Follow the APU and Engine startup check list.

 

Starting APU

- Turn on the left fuel pump MAIN and AUX

- Check pumps displaying FUEL sheet on MFD

- Set ON APU master switch (That opens the APU door)

- Set ON START/STOP APU switch

 

- Check APU starting in ENG/APU sheet on MFD

- Engage APU generator

- Check APU BLEED is ON

 

 

Starting engines

- Set ON beacon lights

- Release parking brakes and perform push back as needed

- Turn on the right fuel pump MAIN and AUX

- Check pumps in FUEL sheet on MFD

- Set IGNITION the engine starting knob

- Push R engine valve

- Check right engine starting in ENG/APU sheet on MFD and EICAS display

- Engage right engine generator

- Push L engine valve

- Check left engine starting in ENG/APU sheet on MFD and EICAS display

- Engage left engine generator

- Set OFF the engine starting knob

- Turn off APU master switch (That closes the APU door)

- Turn off APU BLEED

- Check external power plant switch off

- Check electrical system in ELEC sheet on MFD

- Check air system in AIR sheet on MFD

Edited May 7, 2019 by mrzippy

If it is aeroproyecto_ssj100_11.zip then there is a newer version aeroproyecto_ssj100v2.zip available, also there is the SSJ100_Reference_Manual.pdf included in ssj100v11c.zip.

Sounds to me like you either need to put the choke on more, or you might have flooded it. Just check to see if you smell fuel from the exhaust pipe when you're cranking it. If so, it's flooded, if not choke it! Maybe pump the gas pedal a few times while you crank it...

 

:rolleyes: :D :p :D :D

 

Sorry, I just couldn't resist...

 

Seriously, or as seriously as I get, anyway, is you default flight the one the sim comes with, ie: the Trike over Friday Harbour, or is it one you set up, with the engine(s) shut down, perhaps? In other words, what flight shows up when you first load the Freeflight page? If it's not the original default, try making the default flight the trike, like when the sim first loaded on your computer. Easy way to that is to make sure the sim is closed, and open up the FSX.CFG with NotePad or NotePad++. Never use a "word processor" like MS Word, or the like.

Look down through the cfg file for a line that reads Situation= , where can be anything. Simply delete everything after the "=" sign, save the file, close it, and start the sim. It will set the correct default flight for you.

 

The reason for the above is that quite often, with a "non-standard" default flight, some of the variables the sim uses are not set correctly when it loads the flight. For example, if the default flight you have set, especially if the engine(s) are shut down, might still have the mixture set to OFF. Mixture, for a JET, you ask?! It shuts off the engine's main fuel valve if it's OFF, preventing a start. If you use the mixture setting to shut down the engine(s) of your default flight's plane, and don't turn it back on, when you use a different plane, it won't start.

 

No promise, but it's a possibility, anyway.

 

Good luck!

Pat☺