Originally Posted by
maddmatt
Maybe inexperience but you have to have your wits as it is very easy to over torque the 120, just needs a momentary lapse of concentration and bang you are over
Is this on a 120 or your experience flying different 120's? We have 2 flying 6-8hrs everyday and we have never had a hotstart despite having to crank often before start or near a overtorque at sea level up to 35 degrees flying 4 pax with 1.5hrs fuel in the last year-we flew 1200hrs/machine since Sept last year and only issue we had was a mgb change 800hrs prematurely on the older machine after she stood for 4 yrs 169hrs ago.
So if a 120 you have a rigging/torque calibration issue. If you have hot starts you also have rigging/FCU issue-do you have the white line marked on the throttle at 22degrees N1 on the FCU for the start?
Out of 8 120's we know we have had no overtorque or hot start the last 8 yrs with great reliability and following Airbus maint almost no downtime except for 500hr/2yr 5 days and 12yrs 12-15wks with respray.
Yes engine 15yr a killer but we bought a loaner engine and thus will overhaul instead off service exchange which is much cheaper and we get 3000hr/15yr eng back and then shes a dream to operate.
Never had power issues but then we respect shes a 1.8tonner with a biiigggg boot, can take loads off fuel and 4 pax comfortably but as a 1.8tonner not all at once!