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1. Toggle fuel cock(s), some planes (like bombers) have more than 1 fuel cocks but most have only one. Assign a key to toggle fuel cock.
2. When you start many engines - not all - you need to have like 5-10% throttle so make sure you apply that amount before starting engines.
3. Simply press I or assign I to a button of your choice.
4. Multi engine planes, make sure you assign keys to "toggle engine 1", "toggle engine 2" etc because you can't start two engines at once, you need to select, for example, engine 1 first and do the start-up procedure then you toggle engine 2 and repeat the procedure there.
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addman, very helpful and thank you sir for the quick response. That certainly simplifies it for me and not quite so overwhelming by what I see in the controller menu regarding engine start ups. Thanks for that info and for the tips.
I will go back into the controller menu and make sure my toggles are assigned to keys appropriately. Indeed this is a daunting task, mainly due to the fact that I am assigning keystrokes to a lot of controller comands that do not have them already- but when I write my joystick file, while I will have all those macros already in the macro file for it, I do not have to assign all of them to the buttons on my sticks - but will be available to me down the road should I wish to and would be a simple matter to add to the joystick itself. I am hoping " short term pain will equate to long term gain" for me.
Thank you again for the great info, I really appreciate it.