DC-9 Start Valve caution

[saab340]

I have a DC-9-10 and a -50. When restarting the engines after shutdown the Start Valve caution light on the CWP stay illuminated. I have followed your instructions for engine start exactly as you have stated in the handling notes. Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong. The engines start fine and after start all the systems run properly.

Thanks,
Kyle

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

I've just checked this using the DC9-10 JT8D-1 panel .... doing an engine shutdown immediately upon loading this aircraft/engine/panel version into FS .... then performing a fully manual engine startup procedure as prescribed in my engine startup tutorial on the "DC9 PANEL INSTALLATION & HANDLING NOTES" thread .... but .... can't seem replicate any START VALVE CAUTION annunciation at all in this aircraft/engine/panel version.

Precisely which versions (aircraft/engine type) of these panels are you actually using ?

When I shutdown the engines I simply close the 2 black Fuel Ignition levers on the Center Pedestal Panel .... mouse clicking each of these, individually, to their fully down position, and which causes the engines to then shutdown. The 2 white Fuel Valve levers should also be set to their closed (fully down) position too after engine shutdown. The APU can be left running .... or started if not already running .... and the engines then started manually using the Engine Startup switches on the Overhead Panel, as well as the Fuel Valve and Fuel Ignition levers on the Center Pedestal. No such "FUEL VALVE CAUTION" annunciation should occur .... at least I can't make that lamp illuminate using my prescribed procedures.

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[saab340]

sorry for not including that info previously. I am using..

for the -50
hjg mcdonnell douglas dc-9-50 jt8d-17 v1.13
dc-9-50_delta_51_2008_n776nc_v1
hjg dc-9-50 jt8d-17 panel v1

and for the -10...
hjg mcdonnell douglas dc-9-10f jt8d-7 v1.14
dc9-10f_ameristar_2010_15f_n785tw
hjg dc-9-10 jt8d-7 panel v1.1

I have installed the core panel files from... hjg_dc9-panel-core-files v1.1

I was actually just rereading the panel notes and I had missed that they are only for FS2004. I am using FSX but this seems to be the only issue have come across. Anyway, it's not a big issue, I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this issue. I have just about all of your aircraft and they are some of the best models I have come across. keep up the good work.

Kyle

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

I had missed that they are only for FS2004. I am using FSX but this seems to be the only issue have come across.

I am pretty confident then .... even without rechecking your specific panel/aircraft/engine versions in FS9 .... that FSX might be your culprit here, and in which case we cannot then do anything about this, until such a time as these panels "MAY" go fully FSX compatible .... sometime in the future.

As you have correctly observed .... all of these DC9 panels are currently FS9 compatible only at this time, but, I am interested to know that you appear to be able to run them within FSX without any other major issues.

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[Dan K. Hansen]

I'll give it a try-out then as FSX is more in my backyard although I don't think that this might be the issue .... meanwhile I'll move this one to the FSX part of the forum.

[aerofoto - HJG Admin]

I'll give it a try-out then as FSX is more in my backyard

Thank you Dan !

In FS9 .... even when I fully illuminate the annunciator section of the Overhead Panel .... I cannot even see a "START VALVE CAUTION" lamp among the scores of possible advisories there.

The closest I can see to this is a "START VALVE OPEN" lamp, but, I cannot make it illuminate along the lines of what "SAAB340" has experienced.

Mark C
AKL/NZ

[kenwig0556]

Saab340, how are you starting the engines? Autostart with CTRL+E or manually? I'm interested to know your exact procedure if you're doing it manually. Thanks!

[saab340]

Mark, yea, that's the lights. When the start is complete both the "L&R Start Valve Open" lights stay on.

Dan, next time I fly the "9" I'll make a note of the warnings I get when starting the panel. I get a few things about gauges being for FS98 and not compatible. However, as I told Mark, over all the panel works.


Ken, I use the procedure provided in the panel handling notes for the DC-9 panels. I made sure that I followed the procedures. I've read enough posts on here where folks just don't take the time learn how to use the products that HJG provides. I haven't tried the "FS auto start" it works with some planes/panels but not all of them.