 | Engine Numbering| Aviation Discuss Engine Numbering in the World War II - Aviation forums; Originally Posted by Lunatic
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Originally Posted by Der Mensch
No what I meant by the 31|... |
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01-12-2006, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Der Mensch No what I meant by the 31|24 (or others) is that the engines were numbered left to right 3 1 2 4 with the | representing the fusalage. | Engines are always numbered 1,2,3,4 left to right, sitting in the pilots seat (the left seat). Now the starting sequence on a specific aircraft may reflect what your looking for. Depending on the aircraft sometimes #2 was started first because it carried a generator or air power unit that were used to start the other engines. In other cases it might of been an engine that housed a hydraulic pump in its accessory section with that pump being needed to work a piece of equipment. Sometimes 2 and 3 were started first and as the aircraft were taxing 1 and 4 were started. Hope this answers your question... |
Are you sure this is true for all nations? Also, are you sure it was always the case? | For the most part - YES at least for Western aircraft....
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01-12-2006, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet This is sort of off topic and I can not say it is true for all nations or for all aircraft but just an example is my Blackhawk the number the 1 engine is on the left side and the number 2 engine is on the right side. | Helicopters may be backwards and (no pun)  and defined by the manufacturing, but engine numbering is pretty standard....
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01-12-2006, 11:25 AM
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Country:  | No I was actually agreeing with you. You said engines were numbered 1,2,3,4... from left to right. My number 1 is on the left my number 2 is on the right.
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01-12-2006, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet No I was actually agreeing with you. You said engines were numbered 1,2,3,4... from left to right. My number 1 is on the left my number 2 is on the right. | Oh ok, I'm backwards, its from working on helicopters! 
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01-12-2006, 12:09 PM
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01-18-2006, 04:16 PM
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"NOW THE ENGINES CAN BE STARTED
Engines are started in the order: 3, 4, 2, and 1. They are started in this order, which is from inboard to outboard, so that the Engineer does not have to walk through or toward a moving propeller when standing by with the portable fire extinguisher. The No. 3 Engine is started first because it has the only hydraulic pump attached to it.
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01-18-2006, 04:55 PM
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Country:  | correct the engine that supplies hydraulic and electric is the first and after that it was up to the guy on the ground and most probably he was smart and took the path of least work like we all strive to do
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01-18-2006, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by pbfoot correct the engine that supplies hydraulic and electric is the first and after that it was up to the guy on the ground and most probably he was smart and took the path of least work like we all strive to do | Yep! That's me! 
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Country:  | If they start up in that some order these days, it avoids the craninal intakes you sometimes see on the aircraft carriers... I've seen a couple of these, and its quite funny...
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01-18-2006, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MichaelHenley If they start up in that some order these days, it avoids the craninal intakes you sometimes see on the aircraft carriers... I've seen a couple of these, and its quite funny... | Yep!!!
This guy almost looses it! http://images.military.com/Video/Hel...ke_111203b.wmv
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01-20-2006, 06:30 AM
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#27 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yeap that sounds about right. Thats why we start the APU (Auxilary Power Unit, it is basically a small Turbine Engine that gets things going) first becuase it powers the AC Power and gets the hydrualic pumps running and avionix working. Then we start the Number 2 engine and then the Number 1 engine. Once both engines are online, we turn off the APU.
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