Originally Posted by
PAXboy
'hotel mode'
Is that the official name for the procedure?
Yes, it's originally a nautical expression, applied to ships in port where the engines were running to power ancillary services but not to provide propulsion.
Originally Posted by
bean
Dave Reid. The reason for holding the prop on the Britannia was that, because it was in fine pitch for start, the prop could actually start turning in the wrong direction!
Thanks, I did wonder about the reason. My point was that it was only possible to do that because the Proteus was a free-turbine engine.