Restarting engines after battery dies

[Ghostrider114]

I recently got the awesome Ground Support X mod from FSdreamteam, it works great, but it lead to a small problem, it requires me to shutdown my engines for the groundcrew to do their work, but by the time everyone's finished my plane has run out of power, so I can't start my engines or anything, is there any way to call up an APU cart or something to get my engines re-started, or anything to keep my power on?

[U4EA]

Which aircraft is this happening to?  Have you tried starting/running the APU during, or right after, main engine(s) shutdown.

[Ghostrider114]

This happens in just about every plane I fly, how do I start the APU?

[U4EA]

If there's not an APU panel on the particular aircraft that's clickable, there's a start command listed on the kneeboard.

If your craft is not APU equipped then you are stuck.

[Ghostrider114]

ok, I'll keep an eye out for it

[BlackAce]

If your using th default Aircraft, then your pretty much screwed, the APU in the defaults are like nothing.  If your using an upgrade (arlots) or a Payware read the manuals

[Rocket_Bird]

It never occurred to me until this, but it may be worth suggesting to FSDT to include a ground power option for their GSX addon.  After all, unless it's a quick turn, most airliners are literally plugged in to a power unit on the ground anyways. 

[dave3cu]

Don't fly jets a lot, but doing a little research on this:

Apparently any jet engined aircraft can use the APU function. In Settings>Controls in the 'Systems' catagory make key or button assignments for; APU (off), APU (start) and APU/Generator (toggle).

I experimented with Piglet's MS-760 ga jet, which has no APU gauge configured, and was able recharge or maintain the

[Toriux]

I had the same problem some time ago and after asking for advice on other forums came up with this fix. Just add the line below to the bottom of the [electrical] list in the aircraft.cfg of the aircraft you are using.

electric_always_available=1