Airbus A400M engines shut off at GI if not set to start/ignition

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# ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

Airbus A400M Engines spool down at GI if ignition mode is not set to start/ignition

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:

Airbus A400M

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?

Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Have tried 2 flights and each time it does this

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

1.Load into A400M
2.Leave Ignition mode to start/ignition
3.depart airport
4.set ignition mode to normal
5.close throttle all the way
6.engines should spool all the way down and shut off

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

No

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

Radeon 7900XTX

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Title updated to better reflect the issue.

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edited the post after further research

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Alright update guys, for the Airbus A400M. The engines are all working. But you can not accelerate, as well as if you go into the cockpit it is still dark nothing works besides the tablet. The FUEL is at 0% tried to refuel and didn’t do anything.

RPM’s are staying at 872. I guess if you wanted to you can just drive it on the ground but your not taking off in it.

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That is actually because it seems to have invisible chocks still attached. Yesterday I tried this and it worked..

On the developer menu bar, click Windows → Behaviors.

  • This opens the Behaviors Debugger.
  1. In the Behaviors window, look for the “Local Variables (LVARs)” tab or section.
    • It lists all active LVARs for the currently loaded aircraft.
  2. Use the search box in that window to type INI_CHOCKS_ENABLED.
    • If it’s present, you’ll see its current value (likely 1 = chocks ON).
  3. Double‑click or right‑click the value field to change it to 0.
    • That disables the invisible chocks immediately.
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I still had the engine issue twice yesterday going from SKIP to SEQM (great short flight). First I thought I didn’t have enough fuel in but second time it happened again at the same moment. I did manage to land it without engine power but it was far from a nice landing and I stood a bit long on the runway starting up the engine again. Was already suprised that worked since they suddenly died earlier.

Knowing now it’s a bug makes me more confident again so I can finally use it to ship out goods from Colombia…