PDA

View Full Version : engine startup with tailwind


ilbizza
6th Aug 2008, 11:02
There is any reference on airbus 320 series (cfm) manuals about engine start tailwind limitation??

NVpilot
6th Aug 2008, 13:10
Consider Manual start with 20 kts I think.

bflyer
6th Aug 2008, 16:27
Hi..

As per A320 FCOM 3 supplementary techniques. power plant,3.04.70

MANUAL ENGINE START:

Pilots normally use automatic starting to start an engine,...however, manual starting is recommended in the following cases:
* When expecting a start abort because of tailwind greater than 10kts


That's according to our manuals..so the way i see it is that it's a pilot call..so if the tailwind is GREATER than 10 kts. and we could EXPECT a start abort then we should consider a manual engine start

oooooops i am talking about our IAE V2500A5 engines
regards...bf

ilbizza
6th Aug 2008, 20:00
thanks to everybody seems that cfm56-5b engine is not affected by this problem there is no trace of it around my documentation that is supposed to be updated. best regards

Bearcat
7th Aug 2008, 04:50
there is something in the maint manuals about limits on the cfm;s but it would want to be a howling talwind,,,,,,a far cry from from the early pratts on the jumbo where a sniff of a tailwind would induce a hot start.:ok: