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Old 24th February 2004 | 04:05
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From: EGGW
Wot, No autostart! spannersat'
Pull the start switches 1,2.3 and 4
perm any 2 from 4 and select the fuel control switches to RUN...... In reality, select 4 and after a slight delay 3 (just to allow the apu bleed air to play catch-up)
Sit back and relax!
Repeat the above for engines 1 and 2.

Why is it such a good engine?
Amazingly damage tolerant core engine, simple design and a doddle to work on, and the least fuelburn degradation over the life of the engine. Oh! and no C ducts to work under.
Drawbacks! from a maintenance viewpoint.
Ignitor plug immersion depth is fairly critical and the T/rev is a bit of a pain on the -400 installation.
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