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Old 27th November 2011 | 10:15
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yanrair
 
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From: dublin
max motoring

You raise the start lever at 25% and there is no need to wait for more. Captains who do this are breaching SOPs. and indulging in personalised techniques. Max motoring means more than 20% (below that you may get a hot/hung start) and that the engine has stopped accelerating towards 25%. So, this condition will be between 20-25% N2.
on the -800 this hardly ever occurs due to a powerful APU but on the -300 it was quite common and you would put in the fuel at maybe 23% due to having reached "max motoring".
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