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At FlightGear startup, both electrical power and APU are shut down, and there is no external power supplied. | At FlightGear startup, both electrical power and APU are shut down, and there is no external power supplied. | ||
Everything is asleep... | |||
Oh, maybe you will see at the early begining some needles spinning back on the engines gauges panel and the VSI... that's only a software initialization artifact. | |||
Ok, look at the right console, there is a panel with 6 switches, that's the main electrical control panel. Hit Ctrl-c and you will have a view of where to click... | |||
[[Image:A-10-electrical-power-control-panel.jpg|thumb|Electrical control panel]] | [[Image:A-10-electrical-power-control-panel.jpg|thumb|Electrical control panel]] | ||
Let's connect the battery: switch on the battery switch. A few indicators should light on, but not all of them. Any way, with the battery connected you can start the APU. | |||
The APU start/stop switch is located near the throttle on the left console. Switch it on. The APU | |||
[[Image:A-10-throttle-engine-start.jpg|thumb|Throttle, engines operation and APU panel]] | [[Image:A-10-throttle-engine-start.jpg|thumb|Throttle, engines operation and APU panel]] | ||
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Once the APU has a correct rpm and the APU generator is on you should have energy for your instruments (AOA indexer lights on, same for the HSI gyrocompas). | Once the APU has a correct rpm and the APU generator is on you should have energy for your instruments (AOA indexer lights on, same for the HSI gyrocompas). | ||
=== Engine starting procedure === | === Engine starting procedure === | ||