Metro II-III-23
Almost complete, just one small point to add if my cells are not too grey....
You have a toggle switch on the left side panel with that one you could "turn" the shaft / engine and then above 20% about you push the start button, then the sequence as described before. Attention was always focused on the max. Start Temperature, hung / hot was always highly possible. Also when the Engine was shut down the "Metro-Pilot" spinns the props by hand to ventilate the heat off and lubricate the shaft and make sure the colling is equal over the full lengh.
Was my first Commercial Airplane back in the early 90īs. The memory getīs a bit rusty by the time. Another unique thing I remember: There is no real V1. The drag of the extended Gear on a 6.577 KG heavy Metro / Merlin is huge, so Engine failure between V1 and Gear up is critical.
Fly safe and land happy
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