Standard procedure on all the fuel injected engines for hot starts was:
Batt power on
mixtures to ICO (throttles didn't matter)
fuel pumps ON and remain on for a good few minutes while you do
passenger brief, door checks, seatbelts etc then
fuel pumps OFF
Lycos - lean start ie ICO, throttle cracked open 1/2 inch-ish crank it till it fires then mix smoothly to rich
Contis - rich start ie throttle 1/2 inch-ish, mix full rich, crank it.
Never failed.
Nothing alarms pax more than a pilot who can't start the bloody aeroplane.
Thread drift over
PS I knew a pilot who landed a C421 straight ahead after an EFATO at Roma (bloody good call too) and he related that his most lasting memory of the event was the tip tanks separating and spinning off on their own path away from the aeroplane, avgas spraying everywhere. Everyone got out, walked back to the apron and got in another aircraft and on their way.
Last edited by Jamair; 2nd Feb 2013 at 23:45.