Trouble with starting helos

[granola1861]

I'm new here and this may have been addressed already but I haven't found anything in the searches.

I'm having issues starting helos in FSX.  I have Gold with Acceleration.  I can start the R22 with Ctrl E and fly with no problem.  The Augusta begins the start process with Ctrl E but I must manually start the fuel (ctrl shft f4 doesn't work).  I can't do anything with the Jet Ranger (it flies fine in missions with the engine already running).  The Jet Ranger only turns on the battery with Ctrl E.  I've also downloaded a supercobra that just sits there no matter what I do. 

Is this a software issue where a .cfg file needs to be located and allowed to rebuild or should I just kill all helos and stick to fixed wing?

Thanks in advance.


-RT

[BlackAce]

Ctrl E isnt the best thing to do.... The jet ranger there is a URL valve switch, flip that up and it fires up for some reason... :-/

[granola1861]

is that the red switch on the bottom right of the panel?  That one is titled as fuel pump. 

Am I missing something?

Oh and thanks for the help.

[BlackAce]

[quote]is that the red switch on the bottom right of the panel?

[Fozzer]

[quote]I'm new here and this may have been addressed already but I haven't found anything in the searches.

I'm having issues starting helos in FSX.

[c130lover]

and remember- the clutch in the r22 broke after fsx sp1

[jetprop]

Jup,the default R22 sucks...

[CHUCK79]

Try Ctrl+Shift+F4 to start.....Ctrl+Shift+F1 to stop the engine :-/

[granola1861]

Ctrl Shift F4 doesn't work unfortunately. 

Choice "B" is looking better and better...

[c130lover]

try slewing into the air? sometimes that works...

[Fozzer]

[quote]Ctrl Shift F4 doesn't work unfortunately.

[Bass]

Hehe....
Well, some can do it

[granola1861]

well danged if the slew didn't work.  the jet ranger starts up allows landing, engine off, and restart.  go figure...

I have downloaded a super cobra and can get it started using the slew but as soon as I set her back on the tarmac the engine dies until I slew her back in the air.

I guess this is the best i'm gonna get.

Thanks for the help folks.


-RT

[Hagar]

Hi & welcome to the forum. This might depend on your default flight. Have you changed it? How did you shut down the engine(s)?

I must admit that I don't usually fly helicopters & know very little about them. However, I find them much easier to fly in FSX than previous versions of MSFS.

I've never experienced the problems you describe as I use the original FSX default flight settings with the engines already running when the flight loads. I tried shutting down the engine on the Jet Ranger with Ctrl+Shift+F1 & restarted it with Ctrl+E with no problem. I then selected the Agusta with the same result. This was on Hard realism settings.

I hope this is some help.

[c130lover]

if nothing works and you don't have too many addons installed, you might want to try a fsx reinstall