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Old 07-13-2011, 11:43 PM
Orpheus Orpheus is offline
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Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy View Post
you dont have to switch on magnetos manually, even with full CEM on. They are set automaticly 'on' as as soon you hit "engine ignition".

the only sense for me for using magnetos so far is for stopping an engine. But you can also use the fuel cock for that.
So it does, you're right. I've always switched them on manually - this must have occurred in one of the patches and passed me by... I know for a fact I couldn't get the Tiger Moth off the ground initially because I didn't know the magnetos were outside the cockpit!
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