Starting a DeHavilland Beaver Seaplane with Jim the Pilot 

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It's another way to prime the engine, but it's more of a failsafe for if the other fails.

You mean on the cylinder head temp gauge? That's a cool normal operating temperature. The green is optimal. One of the things about the Beaver is it doesn't have cowl flaps to retain heat in the engine, so adjusting RPM and mixture are the main ways to warm it up a bit more. Also using a lighter oil grade weight to keep pressure down when operating in cold environments. Was especially true with mineral oils, but modern synthetic oils have more resistance to temperature affecting the viscosity.

7 years late, but yes before each start and whenever you switch tanks in flight, especially if youre draining your tanks until the low fuel pressure warning flashes.

Sam, so when you switch tanks in flight do you see that pressure drop and you just pump it back up to the green?

@tifreire1 Yes, if you're switching from an empty tank. Pressure shouldn't drop if you switch from one full tank to another.

Magnetos switch... spark to the spark plugs

@@ifoundjim no the boost coil switch

I think priming.

Initiate the accelerator pumps in the carbs I’d guess which are tied to the throttle valves via linkages. Similar to most carb aspirated engines in the auto world.

like the Barefoot Bandit?

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Eliaviation You should definitely try Milviz or Soulmade Beavers... especially in cold weather

I know, reply to an old comment. But if you're into radials check out the Boeing 247D in MSFS2020. The PMDG DC-6 seems realistic as well if realistic engine parameters are on. The DHC-2 Beaver in MSFS lacks a lot of systems realism though. I've modified the configs a bit but it will need some custom script coding for better realism.