to prevent a hot start!?
another question on this forum reminded me of something i have been wanting to know.
so far in my career after maybe 500 turbine starts (not many) in both b206 and as350, i have not yet experienced a hot start. i have had several incidents where the following happened:. .1. weak battery, 15%, introduce fuel, tot took off like a rocket, closed the throttle. .2. uhm....ok....throttle in ground idle, pressed the starter, heard it light right away, chopped the throttle. .3. weak battery, 12%, introduce fuel, tough longranger to modulate, tot 8.5 sec in transient, closed throttle. .4. introduced fuel too early/too much, t4 exploded, pulled throttle back
in ALL the scenarious, the tot/t4 did not exceed the limitations stated in the pilot operating handbook, and no tot light was ever illuminated (where fitted).
in which cases is it possible to get a hot start? i have heard pilots say "you must be sleeping to get it" and "it was impossible, because the tot/t4 came up so quickly".
[ 28 February 2002: Message edited by: tigerpic ]</p>