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Old 10-24-2012, 06:00 PM
Tolwyn Tolwyn is offline
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Default Multi-engine weirdness re-explained

Nope. I did it again:
http://files.tolwyn.com/engine_weirdness2.ntrk

DISABLE manual view so you can watch what I'm showing.
  1. Deselect both engines
  2. Show that both are deselected
  3. Select engine 1
  4. Start engine 1
  5. Deslect engine 1
  6. Select engine 2
  7. Start engine 2
  8. Select both engines, bring throttle to idle
This is "normal starting position"
  1. DESELECT engine 1 (conversely, enable only engine 2)
  2. Bring engine 2 to idle
  3. Feather engine 2
  4. Shutdown engine 2
  5. DESELECT engine 2 (we don't need it anymore)
  6. SELECT engine 1
  7. Show that engine 1 is selected (throttle up, then throttle down, etc.)
  8. Bring engine 1 to 70% power; note that all is fine.
  9. SIMPLY DESELECT engine 1 (essentially NO engines are selected at this point)
  10. Watch the RPMs climb in engine 1
  11. Repeat tests. You can easily get engine 1 to fail by simply deselecting it and not changing any other parameters.
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