Originally Posted by Capt Claret
I haven't flown a DH8 for about 6 years but a vague recollection says that after the first ship's battery start, the charge rate on the battery must be below a certain value before the second engine start is commenced.
Your correct, our manual says that the batt. needs to be below .50 before starting the other engine. Did everyone follow that, unfortunatly not. Some would start one right after the other. And when the mechanics got on board and had to do run ups, etc, it was even worse.