Cannot start engines manually, requires AFE - MSFS

[Swagger897]

Per title, while attempting to setup keys for my controllers, I'm unable to get the engines to turn on my own unless I click on the start and safety switches. I have tried both 059 and 060 lvars and just 060 on it's own, but the blades will not spin.

Is this really the only way to get it done even if I have all other necessary items mapped out?

[DDowns]

I've not tried setting those controls to keys or switches/buttons. I assume you are setting the L: number to either 100 or 0?

Were I to set up something I'd try the rotor_brake approach first, so for a left click on LVar 060 the RPN script would be 06001 (>K:Rotor_Brake). I'm using AAO, what are you using?

[Swagger897]

I've not tried setting those controls to keys or switches/buttons. I assume you are setting the L: number to either 100 or 0?

Were I to set up something I'd try the rotor_brake approach first, so for a left click on LVar 060 the RPN script would be 06001 (>K:Rotor_Brake). I'm using AAO, what are you using?

Spad here. The default value (off) is 1, setting the start switch (DC_6_060) to 0 will trigger both the safety (..._059) and start switches as if you were to click them, but the event doesn't actually trigger the start procedure. This was my last approach, I also tried at the same time triggering both switches separately but no luck.

I may need to create a send command in spad to get it to trigger the click command. Regardless, if a set command moves the switch, in the DC-6 at least, it should command the action, but so far the starter seems to be a bit of a wild one in order to make it easy for everyone.

[Swagger897]

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So this even will act as a left click on the start switch and will successfully trigger an engine start, but the reverse is not true for stopping the starter.

edit: so interesting bug, with this setup it originally worked. I could crank the engine finally with the afe, but never tried a full on start. Restart the flight, set everything up, and now when I use this button, it counts off 3-6-9-12 about as fast as you can read it, without spinning the prop. So then I attempted to just start it with the mouse but using my keys for the mags, boost and prime... no luck. I go through about 3 start cycles and 2 flight restarts and same result.

I then notice that after attempts to start X engine, that engine's mags are reset back to off, but my switch was never changed. Looking up during the start, as soon as the engine catches off the prime, the mags are set to off without me moving a key at all.


Absolutely bizarre.


edit 2: a send command for simconnect is apparently required in order to prevent the magnetos from swapping back to off when the engines catch. The LVAR only controls the switch but not the action.

[Ephedrin]

I don‘t use spad but should be the same there: you need to use the rotor brake event to make mouse actions on the switches. What you do there is only move the switch visually.

So for object 060 to work you need to "click" the rotor brake event with a mouse event.

>K:rotor_brake 06001 for left click, 06002 for right click.

adding 03 is a middle button click, 07 wheel up, 08 wheel down (wheels could be vice versa).

search the forum for "rotor_brake" and you will get a ton of information about this.