Blenheim Fuel Cock .......

[esmiol]

blackdog... thanx for this infos. i asking myself what whas the usefull of the thirs fuel cock. thx a lot

[Walshy]

Have finally managed to get somewhere Yayyyy!! I have got the port engine to start but the starboard engine just cuts out after ignition? Have set the fuel cocks to the outboard tanks on both engines. Mixture to full rich and throttle to idle? Any ideas?

[JG53Frankyboy]

you REALY activated fuelcocks for both engines ? just to be sure....

[Walshy]

Originally Posted by JG53Frankyboy

you REALY activated fuelcocks for both engines ? just to be sure....

Yep I did ............

[Anvilfolk]

I've occasionally had problems with the engines starting and respawning worked.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by throttle idle, but when I start my engines, I never have them fully closed. Open it the slightest little bit. Too much or too little and it won't start.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noR_t...eature=related

That might help

I usually keep the radiators closed to warm up the engine. I start pushing the throttle at around 180-190, opening radiators completely, then off I go. Don't forget full left rudder trim. Good luck!

[Blackdog_kt]

First of all, make sure your mixture is indeed rich: the controls in the Blenheim are reversed, similar to every other RAF aircraft, so in order to get rich mixture you have to pull the levers back.

The levers have a full range of motion (they don't snap into place) but they are actually binary in nature: anything from the middle and forward of the lever's travel range is auto-lean, anything from the middle and back is auto-rich. This is accurate and not a bug (they were the same in the real aircraft).

Apart from that, i find that it's a bit temperamental on start-up. If i try to start with too low or too much throttle it either lacks enough fuel to start or gets choked by excess fuel respectively.

In my experience it takes just a nudge of throttle before hitting the starter button.

The trouble is that if a failed start occurs due to too much throttle, it seems increasingly harder to start them up on subsequent tries. So what i do is try to be on the safe side and attempt starting with less throttle and if that doesn't work give it a bit more, in order to avoid flooding the engines with too much fuel.

[Walshy]

Ok guys great info will try your suggestions, put it this way at least I'm getting there hope to be off the ground in this crate pretty soon though!!!