Use the clipboard to load fuel, passengers and cargo:
I’m so dumb, I didn’t see the clip board.
Now to get the engines started with realistic start enabled…
Now that is a challenge!
Be sure you prime and open the throttles pretty significantly!!
No luck so far! I’ll keep at it but it’s ticking me off!
Remember to hand-pump the fuel pressure as the flywheel is spinning up, you may have more luck waiting until the progress says 30% before attempting to start it and as Nixon said, use plenty of throttle.
I took a break because I thought I was going to break the wobble pump handle. 
What’s, “Plenty of throttle?” I had the throttles at 30% ish, open way more than just a crack.
That should work. I put them around the “N” in “Control” on the quadrant.
Prime around 3-5 pumps. Over priming can be an issue, too.
Potentially a dumb question, but you turned on the magneto master switch between the two individuals, right?
Fuel Feed > Both
Fuel Tank > Left (or any with fuel)
Throttles > N in Control
Mechanic > Crank Left
Magneto Master Switch > On
Priming Engine Selector > Left
Priming Main Valve > On
Prime > 3-5x
Magneto L > Both
Wobble Pump > Maintain fuel pressure
Mesh Flywheel > Greater than 20%
Yep! Throttles way up > master ignition pushed in > mags to Both > 3 pumps on primer > flywheel > wait until it’s spun up > wobble pump like my life depends on it > mesh > disappointment
I’ve found that sometimes it just gets totally jacked and you need to toggle off the realistic and start them. I toggle realistic back on and then I have success the next flight with it.
I’ve thought the issue might be flooding, and I’ve had some success clearing them with full throttle and mixture cutoff, but it isn’t consistent.
Since much of this aircraft’s code is buried in WASM, it’s very difficult to know what is buggy.
I also randomly hear the flywheels spin down when flipping through the menus, which startles me every time. It’s hilarious and embarrassing!
remember though: if you have a control unit with mags setting, like the honeycomb alpha, set the mags switch to “on” if they are configured. regardless of mags setting in the aircraft, the setting on control unit still works under the hood.
Also make sure you rotate the fuel selectors and cycle the battery switch. Sometimes it ‘clears’ it
It’s infinitely satisfying when you nail it! I’m pretty much 90%+ success rate on starting first time now.
Hey @NixonRedgrave, love your mod, love your work. When it comes to the props on the 247 are you sure they are constant speed? I was under the impression that it was equipped with variable pitch propellers which was the precursor to the constant speed propeller system.
i think you are indeed correct
You know, you are correct.
My brain was so tunnel visioned here that I completely forgot this to be true!
So funny how this happens sometimes.
No problem! I thoroughly enjoy skimming through old documentation to find random pieces of information and hopefully it helps someone like you find an answer.
I missed the fact that they changed variants in the D model to the S1H1-G rather than the S1D1 called out in the maintenance manual. My favorite thing about the internet is that all this technical data is at our fingertips and we can share and discuss it.
Interesting comment above about it being a variable pitch rather than constant speed. I guess that would change rpm similar to a fixed pitch? Never flown a variable pitch prop, only fixed and constant speed so I’m not sure what the correct behavior would be on one.
It’s funny, the early series 247 didn’t have the variable pitch props. I’d wondered why the prop controls appeared as an afterthought on the control pedestal. Now it makes sense, the early pedestal didn’t have them:
So the controls for them in the 247D are a bit of an afterthought being hung on the side of the pedestal as they are.
Well that’s fascinating. So it had fixed pitch props? Or were they ground adjustable like the DH Comet had? That really does make sense why they look tacked on there, cause they were literally an afterthought. Awesome find.
I’m not sure. I kind of figure they were fixed pitch, given that I didn’t note any commentary regarding the props in the Maintenance Manual.
Incidentally, the 247D is still really fun to fly. The best and worst thing about Flight Simulator is all the aircraft. It’s impossible to stay on top of them all and easy to forget what you have. I always threatened to set an “Aircraft of the Week” restriction on myself, so I’d focus on one and then move on to another.
Anyhow, I’m totally enjoying the 247, right now. 
