Starting the Kodiak without destroying the engine in Microsoft Flight Simulator 

You had it right the first time: once NG has reached 14, you push it to the low idle, not high. And you should really leave it in low idle during taxi. You only push it to high idle just before you enter the runway. You can watch just about any of Missionary Bush Pilot's videos for this.

I almost thought I made a bad purchase because I've only watched pre-patch start up videos on this plane and always blew it or had no thrust so this video saved me! Thank you so much!!!!!!

Thank you for this guide I managed to start the Kodiak first time without destroying the engine 😂. I have only had some short test flights in the Kodiak so far but WOW what a truly fantastic add on. The sense of immersion flying this has far exceeded my expectations. The way it handles on the ground and in flight is truly off the scale from any other flight sim add on I have tried so far.

Absolutely ❤ the explanation! Made me buy the plane, learn the aircraft, and now touring all the countries in the world

The Kodiak is on sale this weekend, so the temptation was too much for my credit card. After wiping out 3 engines, I found this video - THANK YOU!! Subscribed! :)

Great Video! I was having issues starting but you have cleared that up for me. By far my favorite plane. My favorite real life flight channel is Missionary Bush Pilot.

This is the aircraft I love to use. I have arguably better or more entertaining or better performing aircraft, but this is the one that feels right, particularly when I go exploring (usually because I underestimated terrain or weather!). I really hope this can be updated to study level someday. Thanks again, JB.

i wondered what was happening and what that awful sound was, why i wasnt getting thrust lol. thanks its just what i needed. really glad to see it becoming even more realistic.

Just got this plane today. Looking forward to learning the specifics about it. Slowly getting my favorites in each class together. Airliner is fenix a320. Bizjet is Cessna Longitude. Bush plane is kodiak 100. Still havent decided on a small plane, but likely just the cessna 172. The first three will keep me busy for awhile. Lol

Jonathan, you're costing me a fortune with these reviews! Just flown her for the first time - wow, she bites! :O

Not something you hear every day..."we're going to blow the engine up" ... i giggled hard. Thanks for the info!

Hi Jonathan, got the Kodiak a few months ago & haven't flown it yet. So thank you for the start-up. All the best, Con

I agree with you its a very good addon. Immersive 100%

Great aircraft, one of the best ! I appreciate the amphibian version as well, so you can land on the water…not much extra to pay. Thx for sharing your knowledge Jon !

Many thanks!! I broke down a couple of Kodiaks before seeing your video 😁

I enjoyed this more than I should have...

Thank you for this video! Helped me out a lot, this plane is a lot of fun to fly

yes yes the procedures must be followed propperly and Thank You

I love your videos! Enjoyable and informative.

Thanks, you helped me not to destroy the engine!!!

Thanks for sharing this info. This plane was on my to buy list for quite sometime and i just bought it. I struggled with it for a couple hours (mostly cold and dark starts and also low engine power after starting) and wondered if it was buggy at first. NO, this was certainly not the case it is not buggy, it was ME that was buggy.😂 Turns out, it is a very realistic and detailed aircraft and the developers put a lot of effort into it and it shows. Definitely one of the best deals on the spring sale right now. I just took a flight in it out to the great barrier reef. No doubt, I'll be putting a lot of flights on this one.

Again you are saving me, thank you sir!

Something I’ve always wanted to know ! Thx Jon

Thanks a lot, very nicely explained

Very very helpful! Thank you much. Love this airplane. Its slight backwards, I thought. In some you don't turn on avionics untill after engine start.

as soon as ATR comes out im waiting a how to start video from you Beckett :)

Finally found a solution!! Thanks a lot!

Thank you so much!

Lol 😂 ok, thank you I was wondering what was wrong with it. The milviz porter was doing the same. Again thanks.😂

Interestingly the Pilatus porter POH has you engage the starter before you turn ignition on to make sure you get oil pressure Only when you see oil pressure do you turn ignition on Thought that was quite interesting

Yes nice that the accuracy is improving. Fairly new to turbines and being the keeno to do it right that I am I download the POH before searching RU-vid. The TBM POH is over 900 pages! 3rd flight I ended up flying the trip manually as AP wouldn't engage. When I landed and was going through shut down procedure I realised I had forgotten to engage the AP auto trim switch!! With regard to hot start - haven't seen a POH yet that doesn't insist you check throttle quadrant for emergency power lever, throttle, prop lever and fuel condition lever all being in right place as part of before start procedure. Should be standard for all turbines

I just made this mistake again lmfao 😂my cat basil said I was dumb and had to watch this video again

thank you very much! excellent content!

Despite how nicely this plane turns, I find it difficult to taxi. It's very similar to the Cessna 208B which Microsoft has improved over time but this is plane is worth the price especially after the last two updates.

Just saw your video, and I have a veto. The reason for the Hotstart is NOT that you forgot to start the fuel pump. It even starts with fuel pump in the standby position very nicely. The true reason is, when you switch the red cutoff-left to early from off to low (or high) position! This gets the famous Hotstart, because you inject fuel before you have a proper airflow thru the engine. This burns your turbine instantly, which is maybe half a million to repair for the Kodiak.

now wonder. I was thought what is wrong with the kodiak. I thought the program was got some error. So it become more realistic now. thanks for the tutorial.

I’ve blown a few engines lately, so I’m revisiting this tutorial :) Should be good now :) I’ve been editing sound.xml file, to stop annoying lower the gears message in the amphibian version of Kodiak, unsure if successful…time will tell

I still find this the most infuriating aircraft to start. Even following what you go through in this, I have only managed to get it to actually start once or twice out of 30 attempts.

Thank you 👌👌

I've seen some people start the engine with the propeller at high RPM. Would that damage the engine? From what I've read, the reason you don't want to introduce fuel too early is that there wouldn't be enough air moving through the engine and thus cause a hot start. It's crazy how finicky and unforgiving a turbine engine is compared to a piston engine.

Thank!!!!!

Ouch! Right in the wallet. Thank goodness this a simulation.

Hi! Excuse me but restart with hot engine it’s the same procedure?

Thanks!

Great video buddy. Do you recommend the avionics update. ? I’ve bought the Kodiak 100 just not flown it yet on the Xbox series X.

Frustrating that developers don't actually include the procedures in the manual.

Hi Jonathan! For me it is too difficult to use as an aircraft in msfs. I have seen your videos and others, to inform me. I wanted to buy it, but I gave up. But it is a very beautiful and detailed aircraft. It would be nice if they also developed the Kodiak 900 for msfs.

6:08 This is LOW Idle ;-)

Great advice on the engine start, but you don’t need to go to main menu, you can just select restart flight which will be a bit quicker and you won’t need to recreate the flight plan.

Yep. Not working for me ): Not red line, the engine is not blowing. ITT gets at up to 415 C and NG% gets up to 21.2 and stays there.

i rl wish they could add an option in msfs to enable collision with other aircrafts npc and player ones.

Great video ..thanks 👍 Just a quick question....which airfield is this? 😀 ...looks good

nice Video and nice information. Would you mind sharing the settings of the Airbus Throttle? Thank you in Advance

I have both Kodiak & Sim updated but I cant get engine started. The ITT is too low - 8° and does not increase. I have set everything correctly, even the BEACON lights and required bypass... Still nothing.

Please tell me what is ignition for? I just saw a 2 min video showing " how to start engine" and that guy started this engine without using ignition why?

Hiya John Firstly love your channel and all the GA videos. Soft question, could help me out how to configure my tca trust controller to use the second lever for the prop. Have tried and just can't get it right. Thank for the kodiak videos ya had the engine problem thanks again

I wrote down this essential list... let's see. everytime I have to try a couple of times before a succesful crash during takeoff. anyway, g1000nxi has A LOT of options to configure it as you wish ;) hsi map as well. check it out.

How do you restore pitch trim back to neutral after takeoff?

when will they add the smoke and fire to the engine?

I’m using the same controller, you might have config for thrust and propeller on previous videos ?

Hi, can anyone help? No matter what I do, including going back to the main menu and creating a brand new flight, my previously cooked engine keeps starting hot from cold and dark. The SWS site now mentions "residual" engine behaviour, but not after completely going to main, I hope???? Needless to say, I follow the proper starting procedure.

WHAT IS WITH THIS PLANE 😂. I've graduated from the blown engine phase but now for some random reason, the aircraft loses oil pressure after about an hour of flight at 13K feet. I did an emergency landing and turned everything off and started cold and dark. Everything went off without a hitch. WHY did it lose oil pressure at random?

If you blow the engine -- you CANNOT just "restart flight" -- you MUST exit to main menu. This cost me a good hour!

Any tips for starting the Kodiak at high altitude airports such as SLLP?

oh you move it to low idle

easily the most difficult aircraft to fly properly in this game, and it is all because it flies like the actual plane. once the plane is in trim it handles pretty much like a real ga plane should. It is extremely difficult to get this plane into trim, and to keep it there. the under 70 torque is a little overdone. if you watch the flight portion here you will see it is out of trim most of the flight. you winged over and stalled because you needed a ton of rudder. I love the modeling, love the dynamics but this is not for beginners. it takes real work to fly properly

Ignition at OFF when engineering run

I never get the Taws system test ok only once and also no TOD messages = Vertical Speed

Excellent! I can fly the upgraded plane without the BOOM....Kodiak is like a girlfriend I had....Super sexy and fun to play with, but always trying to kill me. Also anyone notice that after MS SU12 - Landing lights don't work?

Its okay folks, its not real 😉😉

The checklist and procedures for the Kodiak 100 can be found here sv.flightsim.to/file/25247/kodiak-100-jaydee-s-checklist-procedures-pdf