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I good pilot does this or that this or that way. I cannot imagine how the instructor could have put it in a better way of saying, this is the right/suggested wa

I good pilot does this or that this or that way. I cannot imagine how the instructor could have put it in a better way of saying, this is the right/suggested way. Also, for some reason the guys voice is just right! Watching these videos may be my new guilty pleasure!

Aardwolf 7y ago
"A good pilot starts his right engine first" It would at least have been nice to say why that is though. My guess: because the support people outside expect that one first?
- sandworm101 7y ago
  It depends on the aircraft. It started out as SOP, but after a while it became expected practice. A few airframes require the right to be started first, either because the left doesn't have an electric starter or because various power devices are attached to the right but not the left, common in multiengine helicopters. Passengers and crew traditionally enter from doors on the left of an aircraft. So in many situations the right engine is kept running while the left is shutdown to accommodate passenger entry. You wouldn't start left, then right, only to shutdown left to board pax. As for safety, one would never start an engine if it would be unsafe to start a different engine. You wouldn't start the right while someone was working around the left. A single crossed wire or slip of the finger is too high a risk to take.
- snthd 7y ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20110808075354/http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/89869/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110808075354/http://www.airlin...
- dugditches 7y ago
  And then they proceed to show the Left Engine Oil Pressure rising while the Right Engine is off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YQmkjpP6q8#t=4m45s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YQmkjpP6q8#t=4m45s
lokimedes 7y ago
If you like this, I can highly recommend Jeff Quitney’s collection https://vimeo.com/jeffquitney https://vimeo.com/jeffquitney Days of fun and educating content from a bygone era.

Aardwolf 7y ago

"A good pilot starts his right engine first" It would at least have been nice to say why that is though. My guess: because the support people outside expect that one first?

sandworm101 7y ago
It depends on the aircraft. It started out as SOP, but after a while it became expected practice. A few airframes require the right to be started first, either because the left doesn't have an electric starter or because various power devices are attached to the right but not the left, common in multiengine helicopters. Passengers and crew traditionally enter from doors on the left of an aircraft. So in many situations the right engine is kept running while the left is shutdown to accommodate passenger entry. You wouldn't start left, then right, only to shutdown left to board pax. As for safety, one would never start an engine if it would be unsafe to start a different engine. You wouldn't start the right while someone was working around the left. A single crossed wire or slip of the finger is too high a risk to take.
snthd 7y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20110808075354/http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/89869/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110808075354/http://www.airlin...
dugditches 7y ago
And then they proceed to show the Left Engine Oil Pressure rising while the Right Engine is off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YQmkjpP6q8#t=4m45s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YQmkjpP6q8#t=4m45s

lokimedes 7y ago

If you like this, I can highly recommend Jeff Quitney’s collection https://vimeo.com/jeffquitney https://vimeo.com/jeffquitney Days of fun and educating content from a bygone era.