Not sure why, the APU really does nothing once the engines are started. In any case they are saying another 30-45 minutes, hopefully.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2021, at 11:24 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I was on a flight once with a dead APU and there was no heat. Fortunately PWM > to IAD wasn't a long flight, it was pretty cold in the plane by the time we > landed though. > > That was a CRJ of some flavor... > > -Curt > > On Monday, September 20, 2021, 11:42:09 AM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Well they just rolled the air cart over and fired up the engines. Without an > APU one engine can start the other, but with both dead mid air and no APU, I > would only hope the airflow would be enough to spin them up. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 20, 2021, at 10:40 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I don't think they would need the starter to do an airstart if the engine > > is spinning. > > > > I was on a flight once that had the BSOD on the control system, they > > rebooted the whole airplane 3X (start, shutdown, start...) then put us off > > to go find another airplane. > > > > --FT > > > >> On 9/20/21 11:34 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >> Of course they can start the engines with the ground APU but I assume if > >> they lost both engines in flight they would have no way to start them. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 10:30 AM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> Never had this happen before. We pushed back, tug unhooked and plane > >>> lost all power, completely dead. No lights no AC no engines. I > >>> immediately think they lost the APU. Sure enough pilot comes on and says > >>> we lost the “backup” power to start the engines. Now being towed back to > >>> the gate. Guess we will need a jumpstart. > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > -- > > --FT > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
