attempts. If the turbine does not ignite, during a 30-second period of attempts, the
process is aborted and the green OK LED will blink.
4. As soon as ignition occurs, the yellow Standby LED will illuminate and the starting
motor is re-engaged to accelerate the turbine. At approximately 5000 RPM, the fuel
pump switches on and the red Pump running LED illuminates.
5. Turbine speed will progressively increase until achieving stable speed. When the
turbine speed surpasses the idle RPM value, the starter motor disengages and the
yellow Standby LED goes out.
6. As the turbine approaches approximately 55,000 RPM, it will briefly stabilize, before
automatically decelerating to idle RPM.
7. When the turbine attains idle speed and the throttle stick is placed at idle position,
the green OK LED will illuminate, indicating that thrust control is now handed over to
the pilot.
Manual startup without using the transmitter directly from the GSU
The former Manual Mode has been removed in the v4.0 ECU. Therefore, a new
Manual Control Mode with the following features are included:
• The turbine can be started directly from the GSU. While pressing down the
Manual key, press the Ignition key to start.
• While pressing down the Ignition key, press the ►+ or ◄ - key to incrementally
increase or decrease the turbine’s RPM.
• While pressing down the Ignition key, press the Run key to set the RPM directly
to idle.
• While pressing down the Ignition key, press the Min/Max key to set the RPM
directly to maximum.
• While pressing down the Manual key, press the Ignition key to stop the engine.
The engine control can be switched from Manual Control Mode over to RC control
and back while the engine is running. While pressing down the Ignition key, press the
Select Menu key to switch control.
Note: Switching from Manual Control Mode to RC control is only possible if the
throttle stick is in the idle position and, if the AUX channel is used, it must be in the
center position. When switching from RC control to Manual Control Mode, the engine
will be set initially to idle.
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