Originally Posted by
Old Fella
I can't fathom why you would then have a ground idle position a further 8 degrees back toward Reverse.
I can't say really. Honestly I didn't know that the military Hercs were different. I will say that the 18 degree detent (ground start on the L382) is not a neutral thrust position. A light plane on level ground will roll along quite nicely with the throttles in that position. The Neutral thrust position for the throttles would be a bit aft of that detent, about where "ground Idle" is marked on the quadrant.
Originally Posted by
Old Fella
As a matter of interest do you start in Low Speed Ground Idle or Normal?
LSGI. Unless the engineer forgets to punch the buttons before start. Then we start the other three in LSGI after he pushes the buttons down. Then he buys the beer after the flight.